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: 1600-1610
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Hinkling, n. [e.m.E. inkling (1513).] An inkling or hint. —1600-1610 Melvill 154.
If it had been never so lytle a hinkling of ther pen till haiff born out his course