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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1566
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Glaise, n.1 [Of doubtful origin. Current in later dial. in the sense of warming oneself at a fire.] A touch of fire, a burn. — 1558-66 Knox I. i 7.
A trane of powder was maid and sett a fyre, quhilk gave to the blessed martyre of God a glaise, skrimpled his left hand and that syd of his face
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