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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Crevist, Crevished, ppl. a. [e.m.E. crevised (1558), crevished (1578), f. ME. crevis, a crack, cleft.] Cracked, fissured. —a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 221.
Our crevist cabillis all at a cast will crak 1646 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 346.
The back dyick of the college yaird quhilk is creuisched and speldit … and lickle to fall
