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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1670-1691

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Lasines, n. Also: laissiness. [e.m.E. laesinesse (1590), lasinesse (1631).] Laziness, slothfulness. —1670 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 84.
The laissiness and nestiness of the induellers hes occasioned … this citie to be exceedinglie dirtie 1691 Kingarth Kirk S. 157.
Who comes to church or who stays away throw lasines

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