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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1832-1900, 1986
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EASEDOM, n. Also easdom(e). Comfort, leisure, relief from anxiety, pain, etc. (Mry. 1925; Bnff. 1927; Sh., Abd. 1949) . [′i:zdəm]Bch. 1832 W. Scott Poems 79:
Some wed for easdome when a turn may come, An' some for pleasure wed, an' some for fun.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxx.:
They sud be thinkin' o' gi'en owre the place . . . an' themsells gyaun to some lesser wye o' deein', or a genteel hoose wi' a bit craft, for easdom i' their aul' age.Abd. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 37:
Some wise, or lazy, never quit the glen, But stretched at easedom watch the hill aboon.m.Sc. 1986 Ian A. Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 43-4 165:
Seil on your heid: fair faa in your time o need
easedom o pangs.
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