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: 1577-1578
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Pingling, vbl. n. [Pingill v. 1 or 3.] ? Contention or ? exertion. —a1578 Pitsc. MS. (Edinb. Univ. Dc. i. 66) p. 159.
They … could ryde and prick well and held the Scottishmen in pingling [v. rr. plunging, playing] be their pricking & skirmishing