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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gysing, vbl. n. Also: gyseing, -yne. [Gys v. Cf. Guysing.] a. Simulating. b. Masquerading, mumming. —a. 1562-3 Winȝet II. 42/17.
Be a certane apperand gysing [L. actu putativo] and conuersatioun
b. 1594 Elgin Rec. II. 35.
Tiberius Winchester … accusit for gysing through the toun upone the 27th day of December
1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 100.
Thow beand at the gysing and dansing withe the dewill
1608 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 411.
For thair superstitious gysyne in the tyme callit superstitiouslie Yule dayis
1638 Kirkcaldy Presb. 129.
Mr. David Anderson declaired that thair was some in his paroche who had gone gyseing

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