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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cassie, n. Also: kassie; pl. casseis, casses. [Icel. kassi, kass, basket, box.] In Orkney and Shetland: A straw basket. (See also Caschie.) 1592 Rec. Earld. Orkney 318.
Four casseis of coklis
1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. 134 b.
Ane peice yrne quhilk wes fund in ane kassie of koillis
1615 Kirkwall Sheriff Ct. 2 b.
Anent the weight of casses. It is statut … that no cassies be heavier than ane half setting weight
1629 County Folk-lore III. 77.
Ye said ye may give me ane lock … out of the cassie under the unthreachin corne
1668 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II. 395.
Iames Mudy with his accomplices … did take … thrie casses of bear from another of his tennents, … [and] caryed away ane cassie of dry oats

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