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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Carting, Cairting, vbl. n.1 [e.m.E. carting (1554).] Conveying in a cart, spec. as a punishment.1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 127.
For ilk pak of woll … , carting and weying of the samyn, iiij d. 1556 Ib. II. 164.
Fra fremen for the cairting of the twn wyne on the schore, viij d 1562 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 8.
For the nixt fault, carting, dowking in the water
