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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1593

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Discanting, vbl. n. [e.m.E. dyscantyng (1538).] Descanting in music. —1593 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 106.
To tak and haif of his scholleris … for onelie singing ten schillings, and discanting threttein schillings four penneis

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