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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1751, 1887
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†DISHERISH, DISHERYS, DISEIRISH, v.
1. To disinherit.Sc. 1751 in W. MacFarlane Geneal. Coll. (S.H.S.) II. 402:
That his father was Justly Disherished.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 21:
And dinna, Lord, diseirish us a' thegither for our shortcomings.
2. Fig.: “To put in disorder, to put any thing out of place, in consequence of a person's meddling with it who has no right to do so” (Lth. 1825 Jam.2, disherys).
[O.Sc. has disherys in sense 1. above from 1375, diserys, -ereis, from 1472, disherish, 1678. Prob. a back-formation from O.Sc. disherisoun, disinheriting, O.Fr. desheritoison.]
