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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1639-1640
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( Rokking trie,) Rocking trie. (Cf. later Sc. (1706) and 19th c. Eng. rocking tree (1805) ‘a beam of wood resting on pivots which can be oscillated (e.g. in a church bell)’ (SND, s.v. Rock v. 1).) — 1639–40 Peebles Gleanings 251.
For twa faddom towes to beir up the rocking-trie of the auld milne
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