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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1531, 1608-1635
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(Rouning,) Rown(n)yng, Rounding, vbl. n. Also: roynd-. [ME and e.m.E. runinge (c1205), rouning (1275), rounding (1509), OE runung, f. rúnian; Roun v.] Whispering; (discontented) murmuring; private conversation.(a) 1375 Barb. xii 368 (C).
Quhen thir lordis had persaving Of … the rownyng [E. rownnyng] That thai hald sammyn twa and twa(b) 1531 Bell. Boece (M) II 115.
[The king] had every roynding and qwyete commonyng … in suspicioun 1608 Calderwood VI 793.
By … some rounding that past betuixt his majestie and Sir Alexander Hay, I beganne to be in some suspicioun c1630 Scot Narr. 152.
The interloquitor was not formally voted, but pronounced after secret rounding 1635 Wodrow in Hay Geneal. 88.
The Lord Justice, after private rounding with his assessors, granted the morrow
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