A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Differ(r)ing, ppl. a. [f. Differ v.1 Cf. Deferent.] Delaying. —1570 Leslie 259.
It maid thame … laith to aggre to hir desyris, bot gaif differing ansuer to the Quene Regent a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 105.
The king … gave them a differring answer, which was little to effect
