Antedating of "Lynch"

[Dave Wilton]

HDAS cites an 1835 quote in an article in American Speech XXXII (1948). HDAS
doesn't give a more precise dating than the year.


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> The OED's first usage of the verb "lynch" is dated 1836.  Here is a
> slightly earlier occurrence:
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> 1835 _New-England Magazine_ Oct. 270  (heading) The inconveniences of
> being lynched.
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> Fred Shapiro
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