† creisv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
To curl. (Jamieson.) [Only in the following passage, the sense of which is doubtful.]
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > curl
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1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xii. ii. 125 His crispe and ȝallow hare That are made creis, and curlis now sa wele.
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