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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Havines, n. Also: havy-, hawy-, hawines. [Var. of Hevines.] Heaviness, esp. of feeling. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xi. 46.
The havynessisId. Peter ii. 19. Id. Luke xxii. 45.
Slepand for havynes 1535 Stewart 42441.
To … caus his cair with confort to decres, Quhilk helpis mekill in sic havines a1568 Bann. MS. 212 a/13.
Thow hes no caus to tak sic havines Ib./27.
My hoip, my haill, is turnit in hawynes 1571 Misc. Bann. C. III. 125.
A gryit havines in my body c1590 J. Stewart 99/39.
In goulf of greatest hawines … we neuir sould despair 1624 Melrose P. 641.
[A] grite caus of greiffe and havynes 1646 Hope Diary 129.
He took a drusinesse and havinesse