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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: 1375, 1558-1566

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(Flinging,) Flynging, vbl. n. [e.m.E. flinging (1570–6).] Kicking; dancing. —1375 Barb. viii. 324.
The hors … ruschit the folk in thair flyngyng 1558-66 Knox II. 416.
Thai wald haif wissit thair soneis and dochteris … to have bene exerceit in flinging upone ane flure

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