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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1586-1600, 1664
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Glasp(e, v. [f. Glasp,n.] tr. a. To clasp. b. To fit with a clasp. Also glaspett ppl. a.a. c1590 Fowler I. 157/10.
Now in my armes I glaspe my gratious dame 1600 Acts IV. 206/2.
They baith being glaspit togidder cummis furth of the cabinatb. 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 236.
Ane dissone & ane half of glaspett beitis 1587 Reg. Privy C. IV. 238.
Biblis bundin blak and glasspitt 1664 Misc. Maitl. C. II. 522.
For a Virgall to Williame Sharp and for glasping it
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