A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Securing, -eing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. securing (1663); Secur(e v.] The action or fact of a. Making (a thing) secure. b. Making (a person) safe (from some danger). c. Preventing (a prisoner's) escape. —a. 1680 Inverness Rec. II 287.
The magistrats … finding that the doors of the inner prison of the tolbuith … is unsecure … apoint the thesaurer to cause make ane strong and sufficient iron door and that for the more secureing of the saids noco of timber and of the said jayle —b. 1681 Craven Ch. in Orkney 97.
For the better securing [sc. from physical violence] and saftie of our good and godlie pastour and all other his Majestie's good leidges —c. 1707 Stirling B. Rec. II 112.
The council recomends to the magistrats of Sterling, to transport Rachell M'Killop from the holl beneath the steeple to the thieves holl, for the better securing of her
