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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fluring, Fluiring, vbl. n. Also: flurin, fluireing, flowring, floureing, floring, flooring, flew(e)ring. [e.m.E. flooring (1624).]
1. a. The laying of a floor. b. The material of a floor.(a) 1490 Lanark B. Rec. 7.
For the fluring of the tulbuth 1504 Treas. Acc. II. 278.
Plankis and treis to the fluring of the Quenis stabill 1535–6 M. Works Acc. IV. 69.
Dalis and rauchteris … for skaffalting, fluring, dovelling [etc.] 1563–4 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 196.
vj daillis to be fluring under the clarkis feit, above the cauld eird 1605 Tailor's Acc. Bk. 34.
For ij lyttill ruf sparis to lay the fluring on(b) 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 242.
For ane daill till naill on the falte places on the floring 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 232.
That … the floring [be] inlairget upon dormonts to the new wall(c) 1592 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 346.
To ane man to end out the schotis and lay the fluiring 1630 Kirkcaldy Presb. 7.
For threttie daille to be fluireing to the hall 1659 Hay Diary 55.
A peece of ane old fluiring(d) 1682 New Mills Manuf. 31.
The house will need … dales for floureing 1699 Thanes of Cawdor 392.
Leaveing room for flewering either with deallis or peament ston
2. A floor-nail.1615 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 371.
For making the scaffoldis ... quhair the portrate suld stand, 800 fluirings at 15s the hundrethe 1628 M. Works Acc. XXII. ii.
Thrie quarteris hundreth fluiringis 1639 Ib. XXIX. 5 b.
xiijc great double floorings
3. Attrib. with balk, nail.1564–5 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 210.
For vjc flurin naill 1582 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 121.
vc fluring naillis 1630 Kirkcaldy Presb. 7.
For saxtein treis to be fluireing balkes … to the hall fluir 1633 M. Works Acc. XXVI. 2.
Fluiring nailles for the brydillis and propes of the caiphous and chimney heid
