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Quotation dates: 1491-1645
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Futing, Futting, vbl. n. Also: fuitting, fut(t)yn, fitting. [e.m.E. footyng (c 1500), ME. fotyng (1398).]
1. Remaining on the feet; footing. a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 387.
Thay movit in thair mad muting And all thay falit in futing 1639 Johnston Diary 44.
If once they get fitting it will not be easie to bring them to a stand
2. Furnishing with a foot or base. 1503 Lanark B. Rec. 14.
For the futyn off the Cros to Corpus Christi play, iij d. 1507 Ib. 17.
Item for futtyn of ij tre and ane stapyll to the stox in the Ayr, vij d. 1586–7 Ayr Common Good Acc. MS.
For the futting of twa furmis
3 The adding up of an account. 1491 Acts Lords of Council 176/2.
Ordanit at the futtin of his comp[t] wes preffit be the copy of the bukis of houshalde 1553–4 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 103.
In the futting of Alexander Park compt 1561 Inverness Sheriff Ct. 78.
Quhat sowmes of monye Johne Patersoun was awand … eftyr the fuitting of the said compt 1598 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 24.
To obteyne thair subscriptiounes to the futeing of the saidis comptis 1601–2 Misc. Spald. C. V. 129.
To the said Mr. Alexr, commissionar, … at the futting of his comptis 1645 S. Leith Rec. 66.
That a conclusion and a fitting up [of the compts] ... may be perfectit
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