A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Terseing, vbl. n. [? Tursing vbl. n. or erron. for cerseing (Cersing vbl. n.).] ? The act of conveying someone from a place (Turs v. 3), or ? the act of seeking someone out. —1559 Cal. Sc. P. I 260.
[Saying that] ye sall expell and constrayn ws to depart and laif [this our native realm of Scotland … and further perceiving your open malice in] terseing my body to the disponing thereof, & spulȝeing my hous of guddis and evidentis
