Obs. Sc. [? repr. some deriv. of OF. escheoir: see ESCHEAT; and cf. Fr. ‘la terme échoit à la Saint-Jean.’] Expiry, termination.
1488. Act. Dom. Conc. (1839), 113/2. To complett fiftene ȝeris, quhilk beand completit was in the ȝere of God lxxxiiii ȝeris; and the eschay of his terme at witsounday.
