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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Slyt(t)ing, vbl. n. Editorial misreadings for flytting (Flyting vbl. n.). —a1568 Bannatyne MS 139b/4.
Cum furth fowmart and face thy flytting [pr. slytting] 1568 Buch. Indict. 36.
The king remanit at Stirveling … exilit fra hir presens seing quhan he wes present he nowther culd fynd favour nor intertenement … bot continuall slyting [prob. erron. for flyting] proceidit in tryfles and forget querrellis
