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: 1600-1699
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Looslie, adv. [e.m.E. loos(e)ly(e (1548). Cf. Lowslie.] Loosely, not tightly or strictly. —16.. Herries Mem. 117.
Possiblie she thought to be as looslie married to another as she is to Bothwell
