A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Ingyr(e)ing, vbl. n. Unwarranted obtruding (of oneself). —a1578 Pitsc. I. 13/6.
Quhair evir thair is na aw … of ane king … thay that ar maist furthie in the ingyring … thame sellffis leives without meassoure 1609 Acts IV. 423/2.
He acknawleges … his ingyreing of him self in thir materis eftir the first sicht of Restalriggis lettre
