A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1438, 1663
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Hiding, Hyding, -yng, vbl. n. Hiding, concealing, concealment. — c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 286.
At this counsele … Be not suspect [i]ne the hydyng of it 1438 Rec. Earld. Orkney 71.
Quhar the hyding off suthfastnes ma genner scathe … til ane innocent man 1663 Stitchill Baron Ct. 25.
For hydeing and conceiling of his cornes in the yaird unteynded
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