A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1590-1641
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(Lasch-,) Lashnes, n. [e.m.E. lache- (Caxton), lasshnesse, f. Lasch(ea.: cf. Lachesse n.] Slackness, remissness. —1590-1 Bruce Serm. 273.
Let it not come to passe be ȝour misbehaueour and lashnes, that the glorie of God … be impared in any waies a1634 Read Buch. 247.
Noblemen, eather for feare or lashnes lying idle 1641 Baillie I. 347.
In the end, after some lashness and fagging, he made such ane pathetick oration [etc.]
