A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chas, n. [Later form of Ches n.2.] A jess for a hawk. —1581 Treas. Acc. MS. 852.
Ten pair of chassis … gravin with his hienes armes for his halkis
