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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: 1600-1699

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Byganging, vbl. n. [By adv. 2. Cf. Bygoing.] Going past. —16.. Hist. Kennedy 44.
[They lay in wait] to schutt him in the by-ganging 1624 Ellon Presb. 118.
[Twenty pounds were delivered to the collectors] at thair byganging

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