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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GESS, v. “To go away clandestinely” (Upp. Lnk. 1825 Jam.), to play truant (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 284). [gɛs]Edb. 1845 F. W. Bedford Hist. G. Heriot's Hospital (1859) 346:
Besides he is a great daverer, and is aye gessing.