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: 1618, 1699
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Incroi(t)ching, vbl. n. [e.m.E. incrochyng (1539).] Encroaching. —1618 Melrose P. 307. 1699 Thanes of Cawdor 392.