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: 1560-1561, 1683-1700
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Nedling, Neidling, vbl. n.2 [f. Nedil(l n. 5.] The setting up of braces or short transverse supports, a. in a scaffolding, b. in a pit-shaft, etc. —a. 1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 143.
For scaffeting, … xij garrouns for nedling for iij s the peceb. 1683 Sheriffhall Coal Accompt 22 Dec.
For neidling at 10 s. a day 1694 Ib. 10 Mar.
For neidling the holl 1696–1700 Wauchopes 35.
To Robert Henderson, on day and a halfe neidling the stair and mending the sink, 15 s.
