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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1615
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Lese, v. 2 [Appar. e.m.E. leese, Me lese(n etc., OE. líesan, lésan.] tr, To set free, release. — 1615 Lanark B. Rec. 125.
[To] remain in ward … quhille hie obtein lecens of the balleis to be lesit thairof out of ward
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