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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Banisment, Baneisment. n. Also: baniss-, banisch-, banesement. [e.m.E. banysshement (1507).] Banishment, exile.a1578 Pitsc. I. 290/17 (in thair banischment); II. 216/1 (distroyit witht fyre and baneisment). 1585 Acts III. 406/1 (eftir thair banesement). 1592 Douglas Chart. 303 (crymes deserving baneisment). 1596 Dalr. I. 135/6 (in banisment he past ouer his life). 1607 Highland P. III. 105 (beseiking your grace to … gett me libertie or banismentt).

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