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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1511-1541
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Cuppilling, Cupling, vbl. n. Also: cuppeling, cup(p)lyng, cuplyne. [Northern ME. cuppillynge (14th c.). Cf. Coupling.] a. Uniting, joining. b. Framing with couples.a. a1400 Legends of the Saints xli: 13.
His cuplyne is madynhed Ay schenand in word & deid 1513 Doug. iv. ii. 79.
Of thar cuplyng wittering schew the ayr 1513 Ib. x. vii. 53.
At the ilk part Quhar beyn the cupplyng of the ryg bone 1541 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 125.
Becaus of ane vent in the cuppeling of the mulde witht the tayll, the pece felȝeit(b) 1511 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 283.
To the said Andro, for labouris and expensis maid be him one cuppilling and gesting of the said chapele
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