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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Exces, Excesse, n.2 [e.m.E. (1541).] = Acces n. 2. — 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1474.
Quhat man that had ony sair maladie, As is liper, exces, or popplecie 1594 Hume 94/23.
A feuer alterne, quhilk vulgarly wee call the excesse 1600-1610 Melvill 137.
A heavie tertian fever, called comounlie ‘the excese’, owertuk me 1671 Brodie Diary 313.
I heard that Torwoodlie was sickli of an excess
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