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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1475
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Dyschowyll, a. [ME. dischevele, dysshyvell, etc. (Chaucer), OF. deschevelé.] In dishabille, undressed. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 1014.
Eftyr mydnycht in handis thai haiff him tane, Dyschowyll on sleipe
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