A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Glosing, -yng, Gloissing, vbl. n. [ME. glosyng(e, glosing, f. Glose v.] Glossing; explaining speciously or wrongly. —1456 Hay I. 3/25.
The glosyng of ancien prophecies 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 131.
Ȝour fals glosing of the wrang Sall nocht mak ȝow to rax heir lang 1562-3 Winȝet I. 20/2.
Sen we allegeit na thing … bot … the expres word of God, but wrysting, wrying, gloissing, or cloking
