A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Nesch, Nes, a. [ME. and e.m.E. nesche, nesshe, nesse, ME. also neys(se (a 1250), neisshe, neische, e.m.E. also nassh (1495), nash, OE. hnesce, nesc, næsc.] Soft, yielding easily to pressure. — a1400 Legends of the Saints iv. 266.
The stane, quhen he lad was ther, Wex nesch as it wax war a1400 Ib. xlii. 95.
Yrne to make als nes As leide
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