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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mery-,) Mirri(e)ment, n. [e.m.E. mer(r)iment (1576).] Jesting, fun; entertainment; a jest, joke. — ? 1616 Crim. Trials III. 586.
These quha … by mad mirriement and sport of fortoun ar cayreid vp to the heichest top 1659 Rothesay B. Rec. 39.
Katherin Lamount … declairet that sche only cravet a chopin of aill from him in mirriment 1661 Soc. Ant. X. 253.
He … made … great mirriement by singing his old ballads 1663 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 405.
The said Rodger having in a mirriment desyred the said James Gilkers to wish him to a wyfe
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