"1658: In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. -- Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)"
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"1658: In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. -- Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)"