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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1596-1617
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(Schiftinglie,) Shiftinglie, adv. [Schifting ppl. adj.] By means of evasion or subterfuge. — a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 22.
And thus shiftinglie postponit the ambassador, to his great greif
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