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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1585-1586
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Lachesse, Laichesse, n. [ME. lachesse (1362), lacchesse, latchesse (1440), e.m.E. laches (1494), OF. laschesse, AF. laches(se: cf. Laschnes.] Slackness. — 1456 Hay II. 57/29.
To be … vencust throu cowardise spirituale, and lachesse of curage souplit throu avarice a1586 Lindsay MS. 74 b.
For thair laichesse falset or tressoun bene kingis … disheritit
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