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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6850 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dreggsdregs

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
222 times in 173 works
Consistency
90.2% (222 of 246)
Reach if approved
~258 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: dregs
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
246 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (222 changes in 173 works, 90.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 222)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … for us, and to be a ſurety for us, to drink up all the dreggsdregs of his Fathers wrath for us.
    With rule
    … for us, and to be a ſurety for us, to drink up all the dreggsdregs of his Fathers wrath for us.

    John Cotton · Commentary on 1 John · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … rigid, although for the peace of the Church he had drunken-over all the dreggsdregs that might be in both the cups, the mentioned qualifications being observed; For, I …
    With rule
    … rigid, although for the peace of the Church he had drunken-over all the dreggsdregs that might be in both the cups, the mentioned qualifications being observed; For, I …

    James Durham · The Dying Mans Testament to the Church of Scotland · p. 392 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his, and hee will recompence it. Wherefore as you woulde not drynke of the dreggsdregs of that bitter cup of his indignation, declare vnto the world, by the ſpeedy …
    With rule
    … his, and hee will recompence it. Wherefore as you woulde not drynke of the dreggsdregs of that bitter cup of his indignation, declare vnto the world, by the ſpeedy …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … selfe. Now all of us must sip of that cup, whereof Christ dranke the dreggsdregs, having a tast what it is to have God to forsake us, for the …
    With rule
    … selfe. Now all of us must sip of that cup, whereof Christ dranke the dreggsdregs, having a tast what it is to have God to forsake us, for the …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 249 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … looſed, and in ſteede of it, we woulde haue gotten ane new Euangel: The dreggsdregs whereof yet remaines in your Kirk. But I will let this paſſe, becauſe the …
    With rule
    … looſed, and in ſteede of it, we woulde haue gotten ane new Euangel: The dreggsdregs whereof yet remaines in your Kirk. But I will let this paſſe, becauſe the …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Gods word, as they haue left it a meere dead Vappa full of their dreggsdregs and Lees. For haue they not guelt the Scriptures of their divine authority, & natiue …
    With rule
    … Gods word, as they haue left it a meere dead Vappa full of their dreggsdregs and Lees. For haue they not guelt the Scriptures of their divine authority, & natiue …

    Henry Burton · The Seven Vials · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    IS the dreggsdregs of wit; yet mingled with good drink mae haue some relish. His Inspirations are …
    With rule
    IS the dreggsdregs of wit; yet mingled with good drink mae haue some relish. His Inspirations are …

    John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to give up a Church by degrees, 'till at laſt it falls into the dreggsdregs of groſſeſt Apoſtaſie. As the City of Rome was not built, ſo the Church …
    With rule
    … to give up a Church by degrees, 'till at laſt it falls into the dreggsdregs of groſſeſt Apoſtaſie. As the City of Rome was not built, ſo the Church …

    Benjamin Bruning · The Best Wisdom Propounded · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

  • Printed
    … their Old-age, to offer up their Souls to God: So they reſerve the DreggsDregs of the Day, their ſleeping time for the offering up their ſervice to Him …
    With rule
    … their Old-age, to offer up their Souls to God: So they reſerve the DreggsDregs of the Day, their ſleeping time for the offering up their ſervice to Him …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 64 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

  • Printed
    … a Blessing) yet is accompanied with many troubles, sicknesses, and diseases, they are the DreggsDregs, the Lees, the Winter of our dayes. As all Rivers meet in the Sea …
    With rule
    … a Blessing) yet is accompanied with many troubles, sicknesses, and diseases, they are the DreggsDregs, the Lees, the Winter of our dayes. As all Rivers meet in the Sea …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … are but the drops upon the brim of the Cup, he drank up the DreggsDregs: The great Wave of Affliction did first beat upon him, and being thereby broken …
    With rule
    … are but the drops upon the brim of the Cup, he drank up the DreggsDregs: The great Wave of Affliction did first beat upon him, and being thereby broken …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 352 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … up the Cup, which the Father had put into his hands, to the very DreggsDregs. One end of Christ's Death was to give us an Example, 1 Pet. 2.21. Christ also …
    With rule
    … up the Cup, which the Father had put into his hands, to the very DreggsDregs. One end of Christ's Death was to give us an Example, 1 Pet. 2.21. Christ also …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1150 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … as a pattern for our imitation, ſuch vain Cuſtoms muſt be reckoned among Popiſh DreggsDregs.
    With rule
    … as a pattern for our imitation, ſuch vain Cuſtoms muſt be reckoned among Popiſh DreggsDregs.

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 239 · Open in the reader

The Signs of the Times A52817

  • Printed
    … hath Sworn that Swearers ſhall not enter into his Reſt. We live in the DreggsDregs (the laſt and worſt) of Times, wherein Blaſphemous Oaths, are belched out of Black …
    With rule
    … hath Sworn that Swearers ſhall not enter into his Reſt. We live in the DreggsDregs (the laſt and worſt) of Times, wherein Blaſphemous Oaths, are belched out of Black …

    Christopher Ness · The Signs of the Times · p. 52 · Open in the reader