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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Demol(e)is, Demol(e)isch, v. Also: demolles, dimol(e)is; demol(e)ische, -lish(e, -liche. [e.m.E. demolish (1576), OF. demoliss-, lengthened stem of demolir, L. dēmōlīrī.] tr. To demolish, destroy, pull or throw down.(a) 1561 Reg. Privy C. I. 202.
Abirdene, Elgin, … and utheris burrowis of this realme quhair the samyn [places of friars] ar nocht demolissit 1565 Treas. Acc. XI. 361.
To tak … heid and attendance that the monument … be nocht demolisit 1577 Inverness B. Rec. I. 257.
The … cunsall decernis the pretendit myln … to be demollesit at sic tyme as quhan scho salbe biggit 1586 Reg. Cupar A. II. 294.
Vnto the tyme the said abbay wes demoleist 1592 Crim. Trials I. iii. 276.
To dimoleis and caus to be dimoleist and cassin doun to the ground, the place and houssis of Tynneis 1594 Reg. Privy C. V. 182.
The … fortaliceis and houssis of Strathbogy … and Newtoun … salbe dimoleissit and cassin doun(b) 1560 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 70.
To cast doun and dimolishe the southe pairt … , making the blokhous and courtene equall with the ground 1571 Prot. Bk. A. Millar 9.
The said … Laird oblist him … to dimoliche the nether ȝet of the said land 1579 Reg. Privy C. III. 189.
That [he] … caus dimolische … the inner barmkin of the said hous, and the tour upoun the south nuke of the samin 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 268.
[The council] ordanis Johnne Robiesoun … to demoleische samekill of his yaird dyk as is biggit outwith his gavill 1640 Elgin Rec. I. 268.
The samyn [dike] to be cassin doun and demolischit
