A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1607
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Imploying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1607).] Laying out, expending (of money). —1607 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 270.
Anent the bestowing and imploying of the vnlawis, … that the samyne sould be applyit [etc.]