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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1907

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TRAISS, n. Braid used for trimming a robe. Arch. and liter. See also Passment.Sc. 1907 D. Macalister Echoes (1923) 125:
Gae, kiss like slaves wi' loutit een A lording's pasment traisses.

[O.Sc. trais, id., 1539, of uncertain orig., poss. connected with tress, a plait or braid of the hair. The quot. was prob. suggested by an entry in the Accts. of the Lord High Treasurer IX. 334 (1549) "Parice silk to sew the pasmentis and traiss of the said coit."]

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