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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1578-1579
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(Sense,) Sans, v. [e.m.E. sence (1598), sense (1623); Sens(e n.] ? To detect. — 1578–9 Waus Corr. 204.
That ye mycht speik wyth me … concerning ane reuertioun quhilk my lady Morraye allegis to haif [etc.] … trewlie and scho sans[is] one reuertioun of me, I am begyilit
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