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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MEESERY, n. Sc. form of Eng. misery (Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 15; I.Sc., Per. 1962). Phr. at da bon(e)s o' meesery, in an emaciated condition.Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Tales 17, 32:
Last voar du lüte dy horse eat tangles an' redwir till he wis at da bons o' meesery. . . . He wüor up till he cam ta da bones o' meesery himsell.