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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lasch(e, v. Also: lash. [ME. lasche, lasshe (14th c.).] a. intr. To lash, strike, aim blows; to dash, spring. With the adverbs on, at, out. b. tr. To lash, whip, scourge.a. ?1438 Alex. ii. 9305.
Thay lashit on quhill thay micht lest 1513 Doug. xii. ix. 66.
Now lasch [R. lasche] thai at with bludy swerdis brycht 1629 Boyd Last B. 826.
That I lash not out into excesse of supperfluitie of wickednesseb. c1500 Rowll Cursing 115 (B).
That salbe laschit on thair lippis Cum thay within the Devillis grippis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 75.
Belliall, with a brydill renȝie, Evir lascht [M. laschet] thame on the lunȝie a1550 Lang Rosair 207.
Jesu, quhays tender body was … all totorne and laschit 1638 Johnston Diary I. (1911) 325.
The Almighty … wil tuyne the cord the harder to lasch thé to the bone if the first whip doe not thy turne