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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1568-1582
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Ches-, Chas-men, n. pl. [Late ME. chesse men (Caxton).] Chess-men. — 1568 Edinburgh Testaments I. 186.
Chesmen and tabill men worth xx s. 1578 Inv. Q. Mary p. lxxi.
Ane quhite poik of greit chas men of bane; ane quhite buist with chas men in personages of woid 1582 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 42.
Tua stand chasmen of the fairest sort 1582 Edinburgh Testaments X. 288 b.
Ane stand of ches men with the brod thairof
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