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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tossit, -ed, Tosted, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. tossed (1621).] a. Thrown about, pitched to and fro. b. Troubled, vexed. —a. a1570-86 J. Maitland in Maitl. F. 434/18.
We haiff thé chosin to the cheifest charge Our tossit galay to gowerne & to gyde —b. 1620 Anal. Scot. I 60.
For the which I may haue my tossed mynd releeued of the great cair I have perpetuallie 1584 Calderwood IV 101.
By the force of the Word, which did pricke them, and will further speeke unto their tosted mindes 1657 Johnston Diary III 100.
The long tryed and tossed lyfe of Athanasius
