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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1667
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Correctioun, -ion(e, n. Also: -ioune (corectiouen), correktioun. [ME. correction, -reccioun (a 1340), etc., OF. correction, L. correctio.]
1. Correction of error(s).c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 113.
Reqwyrande the correctioune Off grettare of perfectyoune a1500 Henr. Orph. 28.
His gentill generatioun I sall rehers, with ȝour correctioun a1500 Id. Fab. 30. 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 35.
Netheles with support and correctioun, … I wald … Wryte sum savoryng of thyne Eneados 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 18/3.
Thy cheretabil correctione maye be ane prouocatione to ger me studye mair attentiulye [etc.] a1578 Pitsc. I. 10/28.
Quhair he findis in thé fals enarratioun, … on thé to mak correctioun
2. Correction by reproof, restraint, or punishment.1456 Hay I. 68/26.
That the barnis … wald thole na correctioun of the faderis a1500 Henr. Fab. 1579.
Thir lytill myis ar bot the commountie. Uan toun, vnwyse, without correctioun a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 380.
Quhen opyn syn slydis but correctioun 1525 Buccleuch Mun. II. 145.
Offerand thame to stand at the pwnissioun and correktioun of the kyngis grace 1531 Bell. Boece I. i.
He couth not suffer the correctioun of freindis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 28/22.
He that misprisis the correctione of his preceptor, his correctione is changit in rigorus punitione 1568 Pref. Lyndesay 6.
He was slaine be certane his awin discipulis, impacient of his admonitiones and correctionis a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xix. 28.
Cheis faythfull men … Quha will for wrang mak dew correctioun
b. Hous of correctione = sense 4.1641 Acts V. 393/1.
That in everie ane of the four quarteris of the Kingdome thair be erected ane hous of correctione
3. Improvement of condition.1513 Doug. iii. ii. 146.
A dedly ȝeir, … Fell on our membris with sik infectioun, Was na remeid, cure, nor correctioun
4. Correctioun hous, a house of correction.1634 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 22.
That Patrik Bell, … commissionar … deall for ane correctioun hous 1637 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 106.
That ane correctioun hous salbe erected … , and the tred of making of bredcloath, carseyes seyis, and wther manufactoris settled thairin 1640 S. Leith Kirk S. 30.
Margaret Watson … to be put in the joges and correction hous 1667 Bk. Old Edinb. Cl. V. 137.
Aught hoors and a lasse sent to the corectiouen hous
