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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Raslie, adv. (? Var. of Ras(c)h(e)ly adv. But cf. late north. ME rasely ? fiercely, angrily (c1440), ? f. Rase v.3) —1597–8 Misc. Spald. C. I 179.
Seing tua oxin bund in on seill, passit raslie to lous the oxin, and in doing theirof was strukin deid
