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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pasi-,) Pessimentit, -ed, ppl. a. (Var. of Pasmentit ppl. a. trimmed with lace.) — 1598–9 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 385.
[A] gown of Reissalls growgrane thick pessimentit with silken pessiments 1618 W. Barclay Well 5.
The rocke itselfe … being as it were imbrodered and pessimented with white laces of cleare and chrystalline stones
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