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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prenting, vbl. n. Also: -ene, prentting. [ME prentynge (Trevisa). Cf. Printing.] Printing, in various senses of Prent v.

1. Printing of coins (Prent v. 3).(1) 1546 Reg. Privy S. III 299/1.
Throw the said … Walteris forgeing, prenting and stryking of fals money, [etc.] 1576 Ib. VII 85/1. 1598 Crim. Trials II 75.
The tressonabill … falcyfeing and prenting in calmis maid of trie … of fals adulterat money 1599 Reg. Privy C. VI 11.(2) 1576–7 Reg. Privy C. II 599.
And thaireftir the said Abraham sall ressave the said silver forgeit, quhilk he sall alsua builye ready in all thingis to the prenting 1579 Acts III 150/2. 1587–8 Reg. Privy C. IV 265.
Irnes instrumentis and matriceis … for prenting of silver 1597 Acts IV 155/1.
That thair salbe ane hundreth stane wecht of copper … wrocht and forget in ane mile and be the said mile maid reddie to the prenting

2. Printing of books etc. (Prent v. 4).(1) 1559 Reg. Privy S. V i 144/1.
Speciall licence to the said Maister Williame … to have onlie the prenting of the saidis volumes 1562-3 Winȝet I 60 marg.
The cause of the prenting of thir quæstionis 1642–3 Misc. Spald. C. V 106.
To Eduard Raben, for prenting half a rime of the scooll actis and lawes 1661 Glasgow B. Rec. II 462.(2) 1570 Leslie 29.
The excellent arte of prenting wes first inventit in the citie of Mentz 1596 Dalr. II 79/6. 1622-6 Bisset I 70/31, 34.
Befoir these tymes it appeiris that na prentting wes used nor begun in Scotland … for … sen … the sciens of prentting began … is bot [etc.]

b. ? concr. A printed version, an impression, edition (of a work). 1641 Acts V 364/1.
The clerkis of parliament to prefixe in the prenting of the actes in June 1640 in the first page therof thir wordis falloweing

3. See Print v. c. 1614 Laing MSS. I 137.
For prenting the suitt, £1/5/0

4. Attrib. and comb. a. Of or for typographical work (Prent v. 4, sense 2 above).(1) 1579 Edinb. Test. VII 285 b.
For prenting ink and tarpetyne 1580 Misc. Bann. C. II 205.
For ane barrell of prenting ink 1622-6 Bisset I 71 marg.
He … deuysed the prentting ink(2) 1580 Misc. Bann. C. II 204.
Nynetene stane wecht of prenting lettres, price of the pund wecht, owrheid, nyne schillingis(3) 1596 Misc. Bann. C. II 218.
xxij ryme Scotis prenting paper … the prentting lumes(4) 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 191.
Prenting paper price of the rym xxx s. 1593 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXV 60.
xxij ryme Scotis prenting paper(5) 1580 Edinb. Test. VIII 362 b.
Johne Ros prentair … ane furneist prenting preis pertening to the defunctt price thairof threttie pund 1586 Misc. Bann. C. II 208.
Tua prenting presses with irnes

b. Prenting-irne, a metal instrument for printing, stamping or branding, in various senses of Prent v. (including 3 and 4).(1) 1525–6 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 239.
That Schir Johne Gurlay keip the prenting irnis and punsionis undir twa keis 1526 Ib. 250 (see Prent n. 4).
Prentene irnis 1531 Treas. Acc. VI 49. 1553–4 Reg. Privy C. I 152.
The prenting irnis that imprentis the babeis 1563 Digest Justiciary Proc. E 16.
The prentting irnes of ane testane 1572–3 Bann. Memor. 293.(2) 1563 Edinb. B. Rec. III 170.
The said Jhonne had na vtheris guddis saifing his prenting irnis and letteris 1579 Edinb. Test. VII 285 b.
Thrie scoir stane wecht of prenting irnes with the caisis thairto(3) 1574–5 Haddington Treas. Acc. 2.
To the smyth for the furlettis byrning and ane prenting yrin to the tre stoppis making

c. Prenting-hous, a workshop for printing in senses 3 and 4 of Prent v. 1576–7 Reg. Privy C. II 583.
Ane contract maid betuix him and Thomas Bassinden … that he sould deliver … the werk of the Bybill ellis prentit with the prenting hous and necessaris appertening thairto 1580 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I 247.
For biging of ane parpall wall in the prentinghous of the cunyehous 1646 Misc. Bann. C. II 265.
Certane presses, lettres, warklomes, in the prenting house

d. ? For stamping, to be stamped. 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI 175.
The prenting siluir peice weying ten vnce