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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1579-1594
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Missel(l)it, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: mis(s)allit, -ilit, -eled. [Cf. Missel(l n., Mussell v.1, and Mussellit ppl. a.] a. Muzzled (up), silenced. = Mussell v.1 b. b. With the face partially hidden by a ‘muffler’; masked. = Mussellit ppl. a. 2. c. With a ‘muffler’ or chin-cloth attached. —a. 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 107.
They that are in this way misseled up in their saull, of all men in the earth they are maist miserable —b. 1579 Reg. Privy C. III. 231.
Certane weikit persons … all bodin in feir of weir and missallit [pr. missallis], come to the said hous 1590 Ib. IV. 533.
They wer unknawne to him, thay being missallit 1591–2 Ib. 714.
[All persons with their faces] coverit, misallit or disagysit [to be apprehended] 1591 Criminal Trials I. ii. 239.
Johne Fiene, misselit, led all the rest 1593–4 Ib. 306.
Missilit —c. 1593 Edinburgh Testaments XXV. 192 b.
xiij missellit hattis vnlynnit at xx s. the pece
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