A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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On-holding. [On adv. 3; Hald v. 18.] Holding on, continuing. —1635 Dickson Wr. 192.
Our starting and on-holding in the race
