A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Felling, vbl. n. [Late ME. fellyng (1486), f. Fell v.] a. Abatement, deduction. b. Cutting down (of timber). —a. a 1300 Acts. I. *93/2.
Si quis emerit … mercimonia et dederit denarium dei uel aliquod argentum in arris, pacabit mercatori … secundum forum prius factum sine felling uel herlebrekingb. 1494 Treas. Acc. I. 246.
The expensis … for the fellyng, squaryng and dychtyne of the tymmyr in diuers woddis 1506 Ib. III. 355.
Payit … for felling of the ruthir and beting balkis to the schip
