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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rancountring, Rencount(e)ring, vbl. n. Also: rant-. [ Rancounter v.] The action of encountering or meeting. —1618 Lithgow Poet. Remains 14.
The tender loue, in their [friends'] rancountringes 1635 Justiciary Cases I 253.
And ane occasionall rantcountering can nocht impoirt ane accessioun to thair rebellioun quhan pairteis … can nocht disingadge thame selffis of thair companie 1666 Sel. Biog. I 489.
My usual walk … was so solitary that I was never twice interrupted by rencountering of any
