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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1643-1666
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(Lavish-,) Levish-, Levisslie, adv. [e.m.E. lavishly (1571).] Extravagantly, prodigally, lavishly. — 1643 Banff Ann. I. 89.
[Persons] quho … live … leudlie and levishlie vpone vther menis guidis 1666 Cromartie Corr. I. 16.
Ther is debt contracted be him, … almost all levisslie put away, projects brok and willepended
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