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: 1664-1700
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Lay(e)ing, vbl. n., ppl. adj. Late var. of Lying vbl. n. and ppl. a. —1664 Irvine Deeds MS. (Decreit).
The said Heugh Line his abyding layeing and remaneing undir the proces of the said horning c 1700 Hector Renfrewsh. Rec. I. ii. 304.
Fourty-nine pounds Scots of laying money found in the defuncts press whilk as yet remains therin
