A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Coherce, v. [Late ME. (1475), L. coercēre.] tr. To coerce. —1460 Ayr Charters 36.
That thair tenentis . . suld nocht be cohercit or compellit . . to compeir as witnessis
