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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1657-1658
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Quhingeing, Quhyngeing, Whinging, vbl. n. Also: (quhyngng). [Quhinge v.] Whining; complaining. — 1513 Doug. xiii iii 32.
Thai [sc. the hounds] hald thar mowthis still, Thar quhyngng [Ruddim. quhyngeing, Sm. quhingeing] and thar questyng at his will Refrenys a1658 Durham Blessedness Death (1713) 12.
A sort of whinging and youling at death may be in a very godless and atheistical persons
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