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cat-o'-mountain a wild-cat, THE TEMPEST, iv. 1. 260; “cat-o'mountain looks,” THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, ii. 2. 23. ( “cat-a-mountain,” Cambridge ) “A term borrowed from the Spaniards, who call the wild-cat gatomontes(DOUCE) .

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