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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1586-1624
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( Ras,) Rais(e, attrib. (? Aphetic form of Arras, the name of the town (cf. Raschit p.p.). Cf. also late north. ME canvas of arras werk (1442).) — 1586 Perth B. Ct. 22 Nov.
Four lib. four schillingis for Rais hempe 1624 Edinburgh Testaments LII 171.
xij staine Raise hempt at xlvj s. viij s. the staine wecht
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