† 'Sdeathint.
/zdɛθ/, U.S. /zdɛθ/ Obsolete exc. archaic.
= God's death int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), used in oaths and asseverations.
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1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. ii. sig. B1v S'death they put not all their virtues in their smockes..as our Ladies doe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 215 Sdeath.
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. I. 20 'Sdeath, he mads me [1601 reads S'blood].
1689 N. Lee Princess of Cleve ii. ii Z'Death and Fury, if they shou'd try.
1697 C. Cibber Womans Wit iii. 31 S'Death, Sir, is that a Question to ask a Dying Man?
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 61 'Sdeath I'll print it.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth xl 'Sdeath? to think on it is distraction!
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 147 'S death! Here's a coil raised.
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