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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1503-1506

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Battering, vbl. n.3 [Of obscure origin.] Stiffening, lining (?). —1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 236.
Clath to the battering of the ermyng
1506 Ib. III. 41.
For v dosan of skinnis to the batering of it [sc. the robe ryall]
1506 Ib. 48.
Ledder skinnis to the battering of it

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