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: 1569-1615
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Bycum(m)ing, vbl. n. [By adv. 2.] The act of coming past a place.1569-73 Bann. Memor. 138.
The Lord Hereis and Lochinvare spak with Mortoun in thair by-cuming 1600-1610 Melvill 46.
He haid gottin in Paris at his by-coming Bodin his method of historie 1612 Rep. Hist. MSS., Var. Coll. V. 118.
I vill speak to the Erll of Vigtoune in his bycumming 1615 Highland P. III. 255.
I mynd to meit with him in his by-cuming
