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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Laking, n. attrib. [Cf. the later dial. lacken kind of cloth, MDu. and Flem. laken, and Lake n.3] A variety of linen: ? = Lake n.3 —1609 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II. 56.
In xxij elnes laking lyning. .price of the elne vij s.
