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Besayle
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A great-grandfather.
(2):
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Besayle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/besayle.html. 1828.