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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1473-1596, 1654
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Feding, Feiding, vbl. n. Also: fedyng, fedin. [ME. fedyng, OE. féding.]
1. Supplying with food; feeding.1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 178.
iiij dusane of fed gysce, takand for the fedyng of tham xxiiij s. 1519 Buccleuch Mun. II. 135.
Nowther hurt, herry, nor charge the saide abbay, … with the haldin or fedin of hundis 1533 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 96.
For the feding of ij crannis, of [ij] heronnis and ij butouris 1596 Dalr. I. 43/32.
Suthirland … is verie conuenient to the feiding of cattel and of wilde deir
2. Partaking of food; eating.a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xciv. 57.
Sum ar sa delicat In feding, feisting and bancat
3. A feeding-ground; a grazing.1654 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 324.
To hold all … stryps, meidowes, feidings, pasturis, leisuris [etc.]
