Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†EASE, n.1, v. Sc. usages.
1. n. A reduction or remission of an amount or service due.Sc. 1720 Caled. Mercury (2 Sept.) 323:
They will extend the Accumulations and Eases they would have given in maintaining of the Roup.Sc. 1767 Morison Decisions 16208:
Mr Hepburn is obliged to communicate to the Earl of Crawford the eases which the deceased . . . got in compounding the debts acquired by him.
2. v. To provide, furnish; advance (money).Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 132:
He is well eased, that has ought of his own. He is best serv'd who has his own to do his own Turn with.Sc. 1722 in Sc. N. and Q. (Nov. 1931) 202:
He returned me answer that you nor Robert Gilzean never spoke to him of that matter, nor had he the money else I should have eased it upon his own security and emitted the sum on to you.
