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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1630

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Surceassing, vbl. n. [Late ME and e.m.E. surcesyng (c1435), -ceasing (1560); Surcease v. 3 or altered form of Surceance n.] = Surceance n. —1630 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 153.
The same yeir of God 1568, dureing the sharpnes of the wunter, and some small surceassing of armes betuein the protestants and the catholicks in the rest of … France

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