A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Happing, ppl. a. = Hapning ppl. a. (Chance, occasional). —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 547 (H).
With. .happing hairs blowin withershines aback