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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pausis, appar. irreg. (reduplicated) plur. of Paw n.1: To play pausis, to play tricks, to carry out deceitful actions. —1572 Sempill Sat. P. xxxviii. 92.
Thocht France for thair falset be drownit in dangeris For causis and pausis thay plait into Pareis

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