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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JOYSE, v. To enjoy, possess. After 1700 only arch. in phr. bruik and joyse.Sc. 1693 Acts Parl. Scot. IX. 332:
And so furth to be peaceably bruiked joysed uplifted and intromitted with.
Slk. 1824 Hogg Justified Sinner 275:
The five pound land of Easter Knockward, with all the . . . pertinents of the same whatsomever; to be peaceably brooked, joysed . . . and disposed of by him.

[O.Sc. joyse, to enjoy the use of, from 1381, from pr.p. stem joiss- of O.Fr. joir, to enjoy, possess.]

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