A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1483, 1573-1575
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Bauchling, Bachling, vbl. n. [f. Bauchill v.] Disgracing or discrediting.1483 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 47.
Thair complaynt buir … that thay war … havely hurt … in bachling of hammermenis werk pertening to thame of thair craft, in greit dishonour to the burgh 1573 Reg. Privy C. II. 275.
That na personis tak upoun to enter as presoner, or to pay ransoun … notwithstanding ony band or promeise maid thairfore in tyme bygane, or ony bauchling that sal happin to be maid for the samyn in tyme cuming c1575 Balfour Pract. 606.
Bauchling and reproving at the assemblies affixt betwix the saidis realmis gevis greit occasioun of farther troubil
