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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1500
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Muting, vbl. n.1 Also: mwtyne. [North. e.m.E. mutynge (Cath. Angl.), ME. and e.m.E. moting etc., e.m.E. mooting, OE. mótung; Mute v.1] a. Legal pleading, litigation. b. ? An uproarious assembly (cf. Mute n. 1). — c1420 Ratis Raving 978.
Ay grow mar & mar in fed For caus of mwtyne and of pled a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 385.
All thair dansis and play Thay movit in thair mad muting
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