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Relesch(e, -leisch, v.2 [Cf. e.m.E. relish to sing, warble (Shakespeare), appar. f. relish n. = a grace, ornament or embellishment, of obscure origin, but perh. ultimately f. reles a sensation left behind, etc., f. as Relese n. Cf. Relesch(e v.1] To carol, sing, warble. — 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 246.
The larkis, lowd releschand [Ruddin. releischand] in the skyis Lovys thar lege with tonys curyus
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