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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1601-1644, 1700+
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(Schelving,) Schilwing, Shilvin, n. Also: (shilwine). (17th c. Eng. shelvinge (1641), later and mod. Sc. dial. shelvin, shilvin, ‘gen. in pl.: orig. appar. the flat upper surface of the side-rails of a box- or tip-cart, but now gen. applied to moveable boards which are fitted into these to increase its depth and allow higher or bulkier loads’ (SND, s.v. Shelvin n.).) — 1601–2 Montrose Treas. Acc. 11b.
For twa fir trees to be schilwingis 1643–4 Ib.
[For mending the] schuill and shilvins [with nails and bars] £3 5 s. 1705 Foulis Acc. Bk. 373.
To the wrights … for makeing a new shilwine [pr. shilmine] to the coall cart
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