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?1545 C. Langton Introd. Phisycke sig. Eiiii^v [For these veins] we haue no names in our tung whych be propre or peculier to them only, but muste be fayne to call them master veynes.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 393 The which fashion, but with an other kinde of wine, we read, was peculier to the Athenians.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 36 I meane not the common Daw, but one peculiar to Cornwall..termed a Cornish Chough: his bil is sharpe, long, and red, his legs of the same colour.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 297 The rules which are proper and peculiar to any one Language..about the Inflexion of words, and the Government of cases.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Birch A tree peculiar to Great Britain.

1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. i. 123 Sturbridge Fair... This Square..is separated, and Peculiar to the Wholesale Dealers in the Woollen Manufacture.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 262 A timidity peculiar to your sex.

1813 W. Allston Sylphs of Seasons 11 As it may be objected to the following Poem, that some of the images there introduced are not wholly peculiar to the Season described.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. vi. 136 ‘Yes, yes—I own it,’ she cried under her breath, with a drowsy fervour of manner and tone which was quite peculiar to her.

1906 W. Marriott Hints to Meteorol. Observers (ed. 6) 67/1 The dry, gloomy, irritating fog peculiar to London and other large towns.

1992 New Republic 4 May 3/2 Are we to assume from this that rowdyism and overheated political rhetoric are somehow peculiar to the Irish?