A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Cramping, vbl. n. [Cramp v.] Strutting, swaggering. —a1500 Henr. III. 119/42.
For thy cramping [v.r. crampyn] thow salt baith cruke & cowre