† ˈbeisance
In 6–7 baysance, beysaunce, bezaunce.
Aphetic f. obeisance, abaisance.
| 1556 M. Huggarde Display. Protest. 85 (D.) To make beysaunce to the magistrates. 1604 A. Scoloker Daiphantus (1880) 11 Her lowly bezaunce doth regreat With her chast silence. c 1650 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 159 When the[y] came it Lamwell by, baysance the[y] made certainly. |