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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Greking, -yng, Greiking, n. [ME. grykyng, grikinge (a 1300), MDu. griekinge.] The break (of day); dawn. —1513 Doug. iv. xi. 4.
Quhen the queyn The first grekyng of the day hes seyn Ib. vii. Prol. 115.
Approching neir the greking [Sm. greiking] of the day 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 84.
In the monetht of Apryle … in the greiking of the day
