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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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In(n)ing, -yng, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1522); In v.] a. ? Fixing in position, installing, ? read iunyng Juning vbl. n. b. Bringing in (crops), getting in the harvest.a. 1554–5 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 148.
To twa warkmen … to await upon the wrychtis in all thair lyfts and innyng of their wark Ib. 149.
To thre men to await upoun the wrychts, in innyng and upsetting of the myde brandrauthb. 1609 Dundonald Par. Rec. 198.
Accused of ining of beir on the Sabboth 1624 Blair Autob. 62.
There were so great rains, that … there could be no inning ere the weather brake
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