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Quotation dates: 1420, 1475-1512, 1567-1568
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Plesand, n.1 Also: pleis-, pleyss- and -ande. [? Plesand ppl. a. But see note to Plesand(i)s, which may also apply to some of the following instances, others being explicable as pseudo-sing. forms of Plesand(i)s.]
1. The disposition to please; courtesy. = Plesance n.1 2. c1420 Wynt. vii. 2182 (C).
Na her my wil is noucht to wryte Bot pleyssande [R. plesans] generale and delyte c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1724.
The gud weillfair, plesande [1570 plesance] and worthines … He kythyt apon me
2. A woman of agreeable appearance (? and character). Cf. Plesandn.2 c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 158.
The plesand [M. pleisand] said, I protest, the treuth gif I schaw [etc.] a1568 Bannatyne MS 226 a/43.
I … Pray to that plesand Of petie and pes
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