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Stres, Stress, v.² [ME and e.m.E. stress- (Wyclif), stresse (Cath. Angl.), aphetic form of distress Distres v.] tr. To subject (a person) to distraint. Also const. for or to pay (something). = Distres v., Distrenȝe v. 5. — 1536 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 137.
Jhone Wrycht to this day attachit … as to the secund curt nocht comperand ves … decernit to be stressit thairfor and attachit … as to the thrid curt 1554 Dundee B. Ct. II 332b (31 Aug.).
[And] that he aucht nor suld nocht be poyndit nor stressit for the said [some] 16… Craven Ch. in Orkney II 61.
Erle Robert obteynit a feu of Orknay and Shetland, and thairvpon intendit to stress the vdellars, and augment a rental in these thair lands — 1521 Old Dundee II 296.
Elene of the Monksholm is stressit to pay Elene Ductor's four shillings six pence of fee