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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Gus-,) Guis(s)ing iron, n. Also:goosing. = Guse n.13. —1643 Edinb. Test. LX. 239 b.
Sex guissing irones estimat all to xlviij s. 1664 Ib. LXXI. 269 b.
Tua goosing irones and four looking glasis 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 362.
4 guising irons, one of them locked