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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1507-1626
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Fylin(g, Fylling, vbl. n. [ME. fylyng (1340).]
1. Making foul or dirty; defiling. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 487.
In sum desert … For fyling and infecking of the ayr Carry this … corrupt carioun 1522 Stirling B. Rec. I. 17.
That na persoun … [wash] ony maner of clais at the toune bouirn for fyling of the bourn 1524 Carnwath Barony Ct. 12.
My lord folloit in court Robert Graham … for the fylin of his grund vitht violent blude a1568 Bannatyne MS 144 a/25.
Ȝit I wald draw ȝow doun, he sayis, Wer nocht for fyling of ȝour clayis
2. Finding, or being found, guilty. 1581 Reg. Privy C. III. 421.
He wes the avower of the saidis personis foule of the said bill, … quhairupon procedit thair fyling 1626 Wemyss Chart. 314.
To abide their censure, ather in clengeing or fylling of me
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