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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maris(c)h(e, -ich, -eishe, n. [e.m.E. marish, -ysshe (1523), used in place of Mar(r)ais n.] A marsh or bog. — 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 17.
Being set in ane law plaice and a verray marische 1630 Stirling's Royal Lett. II. 460.
Being distant fyve myles of marich 1631 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 144.
The loche and mareishe thairof 1631 Inverness Rec. II. 168.
To the comoun carse and marish of the said brugh
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