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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1515, 1572
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Firing, Fyring, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1548).] a. The discharge of a gun. b. Setting on fire. —c1515 Asloan MS I. 230/2.
King James the secund … was slane with ane gwn the quhilk brak in the fyring 1572 Satirical Poems xxx. 85.
Sum ar feirit for fyring of thair lands
