A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Naming, vbl. n. [e.m.E. and ME. (a 1300).] Designating, styling. —1630 Ellon Par. 76.
Be naming him a common theefe and land-louper
