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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disses(e, v.1 Also: dysses(e, disseis, dissease. [ME. dissese (1463), var. of Disces(e v.] intr. To decease, die. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 1407.
He … left it, quhen he can disses, In till his kirk 1392 Lennox Mun. 46.
In case gyf the saydis William and Issabel dissesys befor the sayde Erill 1400 Maxwell Mem. 141.
Gyf it hapnis … the forsayd Schyr Ion to dyssese 1427 Melville Chart. 21.
Gyffe it hapnys the said Mergret to disseis 1438 Montgomery Mem. 28.
Geff it hapynys, as God forbed, the forsayd sone or dochter to dysses 1460 Stewart Mem. 64.
The erle of Craufurde that last dissesyt 1471 Ayr Fr. Preach. Chart. 54.
Give ever it sal happyn the said Matho to dysses 1570 Leslie 32.
The uther Kingis dauchters disseased unmaried 1596 Dalr. I. 164/6.
He disseises in the same place
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