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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1557, 1615-1677

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Mething, Meithing(e, vbl. n. The fixing or marking of boundaries. Also, in Glasgow, Land-meithing, q.v. Also b. concr. A boundary as fixed or marked. —1557 Reg. Privy S. V. i. 37/2.
The landis of Waterstoun … and mething and merching of the samin
1645 Hawick Arch. Soc. (1951) 9.
Being accused for not being at the riding and meithing of the common
1677 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 231.
The proveist … to repair to Newport … for meithing and stobbing of the grund
b. 1615 Reid Auchterarder 62.
Comprehendinge the greine bak in the east syd of the said John Malar his half croft, within the said meithinge

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