A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gorging, vbl. n. [Gorge v.] Stopping of the flow. —1533 Boece xv. vii. 586.
The watter passing fra the louch … being restrenȝeite be invndacioun and gorging of the watter
