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CIDE DICTIONARY

besayle

CIDE DICTIONARY

besaylen. [OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.].
  •  A great-grandfather.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  Blackstone.  [1913 Webster]

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