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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Perist,) Pereist, Perischit, ppl. a. [e.m.E. perysshed (1538), perished.] a. Of persons: Lost by shipwreck. b. Of things: Demolished, destroyed. —1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1371 (E).
It was … Maist lamentabill the pereist folk to se 1598 Acts IV. 176/2.
Ane greit part of the dround and perischit mynes … may be recouerit and wyn agane
