A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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E-service, n. [e.m.E. eye-service (1526).] Eye-service. —1582 Waus Corr. I. 243.
The gud will I haif to serif your L. nocht with e seruece … bot with my hart in word and work
