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.
Quotation dates: 1575-1642
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Discus, -cuss(e, n. [e.m.E. discus (1556), -cusse, f. Discus,v.] Discussion, decision, settlement.1575 Reg. Privy C. II. 430.
Finding the discusse thairof propirlie to appertene to … [the] Lordis of Secreit Counsale 1616 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 337.
That twa or thrie … be directed to attend vpone the said actioun, vntil the finall end and discus thairof 1642 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 278.
Commissionar chosen … for attending at Edinburgh the discuss of the tounes twa suspensions 1642 Ib. IV. 76.
In attending … the discuss of the matter of their electione
