Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†PANSE, v. Also pance. tr. To dress (a wound).Sc. 1713 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) II. 230:
Houever, after a while, he scrambled up and gote to some house or other, and gote his wounds panced.Sc. 1716 Laing MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm. 1925) II. 187:
One [wound] they dare not pance for fear of his entrails, it being right through them.Ags. 1726 Trial James Carnegie 122:
Having pansed and dressed the wound, he found it went in about three inches and a half above the navel.Sc. 1732 J. Louthian Form of Process 206:
He was carried to a neighbouring House, where his Wounds were panced.
