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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sousel(e)y, n. (attrib.) (? e.m.E. cicely, cislie (both 1597) the plant, cicely.) —1650 Maxwell Mem. I 351.
Cureing … diseases, such as blastings, wrestings, blankes of ane ill eye; viz., by souseley leafes. Shee confessed that the forsaid salve of sousely leafes did not good but as the pairtie receaver did beleeve
