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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1569-1586
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Dewis ais. [e.m.E. deuce ace (1588).] A throw in dice of only two and one. — a1570-86 Balnavis Maitland Folio MS cxxix. 19.
Ȝe may percais cast dewis ais, And swa be lorchit sone
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