A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dissaiff, n. [f. dissaif Dissave v.] The fact of being deceived. —c1475 Wall. v. 612.
Othir quhill he thocht on his dissaiff, How that hys men was brocht to confusioun, Throw his last luff
