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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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Cosinace, n. [ME. cosyness, -es (14th c.), f. Cosyn(e. Cf. Cousinace.] A female relative; a kinswoman. —1500 Exch. R. XI. 266 n.
To mak thankful payment till our lovit cosinace dame Mergaret Carmichall, duches of Montrose 1544 Lennox Mun. 245.
The said Robert … to decest and ces fra all molestacioun … of our said cosinace in the peciable brukyng … of the landis forsaidis

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