A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hese, n. [f. Hese v. Cf. Heis n.] The act of rising or being raised. (Cf. *Heis(e v. 2 b). —a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1674.
Weils wowars but waies thair hese, they draw up sa far they leive nathing in thair hois
