A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549-1585
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Juning, -yng, vbl. n. [Late north. ME. (1483). Cf. Joining, Joning.] a. Joining (of a battle). b. Associating (with). c. ? Constructing, fixing, as a joiner does (see In(n)ing vbl. n.). —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 14/29, 35.
Thy philosophour … sau neuyr the iunyng of ane battel; … he herd neuyr the dolorus trompet sounde befor the iunyng of ane battel 1585 Acts III. 406/1.
Persewit … for juning and assisting with thame in thair commoun interpryses
