Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LEASE, v.4 The word is used only by MacTaggart and is of uncertain orig. and meaning, phs. a nonce extension of Lease, v.2, 2. (3), to arrange, gather.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 360, 400:
Nae claise there to lease there [in the next world] … [He] leas'd them in his stamack chest, And never boked.
