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balmy (only thrice in S.; 2 first in S.)
1. deliciously fragrant Oth. V. ii. 16 “balmy breath.”
2. deliciously soothing Oth. II. iii. 260 “balmy slumbers,” Sonn. cvii. 9 “this most time.”
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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