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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1450-1452, 1533
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Case, Cais, v. Also: kes. [f. Case n.2 In e.m.E. from 1575.] tr. To place in a case. —c1450-2 Howlat 454.
It movis all ther maist, That ȝour hart nobillast To me is closit and cast [B. kest], Throw ȝour command 1533 Boece vi. xii. 209 b.
[To take the relics] and caissing thame … in ane veschell … seik the Ile of Albioun
