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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Los(s)it, -ed, ppl. a. [sc. p.p. of Los v.¹: cf. Lost ppl. a.] Lost. a. Of one's life: Misspent, wasted. b. Of a ship: Lost at sea, on the point of shipwreck. c. Of a person: Doomed to perdition damned. d. Of an animal: Having gone astray. — a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 286 (Asl.).
Of childhed the tyme is sa mispent That set men wald thair losit [H. lossit] lyf refound … It will nocht be bot gif grace mar habound c1590 Fowler I. 226/9.
Na windie tempests nor yet stormes that rore … Dothe lossed schipps with terrour more afray … As I do feare the starnes of her ees 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 211.
The cruel torments of a condemnit and lossed [perditi] man 1609 Acts IV. 423/2.
I haue wanderit a straylyk a lossit scheip