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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pres(s)it, Prest, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. and ME pressyd (of a grape, c 1400), pressed, prest (1594).] Of cloth or stuff: Pressed (? through 'pressing paper, and so glossy): cf. Pres(s)ing paper,n. and e.m.E. prest satten (1594). — 1512 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 185.
j pec of presit quheit 1547–8 Treas. Acc. IX 159.
Prest blak to be hir ane cloke 1550 Ib. 405. 1569 Edinb. Test. I 239.
Johne Durye tailȝeour for thre elnis of pressit blak ix li
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