A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plung(e)ing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. ploungynge (1538), plungyng (1548), f. Plunge v.] The action of hurling oneself forward, as in sense 3 b of Plunge v. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 356.
The cappill … Sa curtasly the cart drawis and kennis na plungeing a1578 Pitsc. I. 405/13.
The Inglischemen … had the Scottis men in plunging [v.rr. playing; pingling] be thair … skirmisching
