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Quotation dates: 1456
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Lis(si)s, n. pl. [OF. lisse, liche, lice, also pl. in same sense, med.L. liciæ pl., and e.m.E. (once, Caxton) lyces pl.] Lists. = List n.1 3. — 1456 Hay I. 77/19. 1456 Ib. 258/1.
Lat a man se twa knychtis cum in bataill place enarmyt to fecht in liss 1456 Ib. 255/34.
Gif it be leufull and laufull to vage bataill in lissis as quhen a man appellis ane othir of bataill in lissis, that is to say in barreris 1456 Ib. 268/31.
Gif ane of my provis failis me in lissis 1456 Ib. 284/26, Ib. II. 43/30.
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