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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1659
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Furring, n. and vbl. n. Also: furryng, furing, furryne, furren; foryng. [ME. furrynge, furring (Chaucer).]
1. A trimming or lining of fur.(a)?1438 Alex. i. 2522.
Scarlot furrit with riche furring1457 Acts II. 49/2.
[No] costly scarlatis … nor furringis of mertrikis 1473–4 Treasurer's Accounts I. 31.
To by skynnis to bynde the furring of the Queynis govne 1540 Maxwell Mem. 410.
Ane furryne of blak lamskynnis of ane riding gowne 1561 Inv. Q. Mary 25.
Ane dule gowne of furring 1593 Edin. B. Rec. V. 95.
The tailyeours … takis upoun thame to fur cloikis and gownis with all sort of furrings 1600-1610 Melvill 33.
I saw him everie day … with a furring of martriks about his neck 1659 Edinburgh Testaments LXIX. 195 b.
Severall sorts of dressed skines and furing(b)1493 Halyb. 30.
3 mantills of fonȝeis [etc.] ... Som of this foryng
2. The act of trimming or lining with fur.1506 Treasurer's Accounts III. 266.
For furring of ane pair of buskinnis to the Quene, and stuf to the samyn 1552 Ib. X. 141.
To Andro Elphinstoun, for … furring of the dule hude with lettous
