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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Disaw(e, app. variant of Dissave v. (deceive). —1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 42.
Prayand his lordschip … at ther cum na convocatioun upone me to disaw my contre under traist
a1578 Pitsc. I. 194/9.
It will caus thame … for to disawe thair maisteris … quhan tyme occuris

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