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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Perising,) Perishing, Perrisying, ppl. a. [Late ME. and e.m.E. perissynge (1422), perishyng, causing or undergoing dissolution or death.] That undergoes death, decay, destruction, or extinction. —1610 Reg. Privy C. IX. 572.
All of thameselffis [are] worthy to be imparted to the aige present and posteritie and not so to be schaddowed up in perrisying scrollis 1635 Dickson Wr. 48.
If thou inhaunch or follow after any perishing thing in thy mind
