A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1499-1535, 1650
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Disuse, v. Also: diswse, -ose, -euse. [ME. disuse (Wyclif).]
1. p.p. Out of practice; disaccustomed.1375 Barb. xix. 183 (E).
Quhen thai diswsyt er, Than may ȝe move on thaim ȝour wer 1513 Doug. vi. xiv. 16.
He sal … dolf men steir, Quhilk lang hath bene disosyt fra the weir 1535 Stewart 23464.
We oure self diswsit is in weir 1535 Ib. 26520.
Fra tyme tha war diswsit fra the weir
2. tr. To discontinue. Also const. with.a1500 Doug. King Hart 665.
To wis the richt and to disvse the wrang 1531 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 55.
Gyf it sall happyn ony maister … [to] abstrak him and disuse his said craft 1535 Stewart 17035.
Beseikand him sic wrangis to disuse 1650 Inverness Presb. 175.
The Kirk of Kilernan is diseused with because there is no minister there
