A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1611-1638
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(Paceand,) Pacing, Paisen, Paissing, ppl. a. [e.m.E. pacing (1652).] Of a horse: That ‘paces’ or ambles (Pace v. 2). —1611 Criminal Trials III. 163.
Sir Thomas of Cullayne [was] … ryding upoun ane paissing naig 1632 Cullen B. Ct. MS. 27 Jan.
For the pryce of ane quhyt paisen naig 1638 J. Row Red-Shankes Serm. 2.
She [the Kirk] became a pretty pacing beast, and so easie that they [the bishops] tooke great pleasure to ride upon her
