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Meaning of 'besayle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Besayle [ n.]
- A great-grandfather.
- A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.

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bes-antler besaiel besaile besaint besant bescatter bescorn bescratch bescrawl bescreen

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