† bissetn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Lace or binding of gold, silver, silk, etc.
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1561 Inventory (1815) 154 (Jam.) Thre curtenis of crammosie dames..enrichet upoun the seames with a litle bisset of gold.
1561 Inventory (1815) 221 And wrocht with small silver bissettis wantand bodeis.
1568 in G. Chalmers Life Q. Mary (1818) I. 285 300 elns of small silken bissetis.
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