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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Essis, n. pl. [e.m.E. esses, esces (1540).] Links in the form of an S. — 1579 Inv. Wardrobe 293.
A chayn with knoppis of rubyis … , with essis of gold emaillit reid