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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: 1585, 1638

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Blocking, n. [f. Blok v.1 2.] Drafting; a draft. —1585 James VI Ess. 21.
I haue put in the French on one side of the leif, and my blocking on the other 1638 Baillie Lett. I. 99.
The committee appointed for the first blocking of all our wrytes

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