A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Parenthese,) Parenthose, n. Plur. parentesis. [F. parenthèse (15th c.). (The form in -those is perh. a misreading.)] A parenthesis. = Parentesis n. —1572 Cal. Sc. P. IV. 218.
[The exception included within the] parenthose [must be taken away] c1610 Melville Mem. 88.
Quhilk may serue for litle parentesis to the history wreters
