A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1574-1598
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Extenting, vbl. n. [f. Extent,v.] Assessing. —1574 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 25.
It being murmurit that the extentouris … hes partiallie extentit the nychtbouris, in extenting of thame aboue thair avale 1598 Ib. V. 216.
[The council] ordanis the act … anent the extenting of the extentours be the counsall to stand
