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war1025
on Oct 3, 2020
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I assumed the "mad" part was just some archaic term.
Curious whether it does actually mean something or if it is just a typo.
jccooper
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It's just a typo. The original has "made". I was expecting the text to be a bit more corrupt, but it looks clean and is probably not an OCR type, but a normal human one.
dan-robertson
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It’s listed as a form of made in the OED but without any examples close to the 19th century. Webster has this spelling.
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Curious whether it does actually mean something or if it is just a typo.