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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1597
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(Spaning,) Spending, ppl. adj. [North. late ME and e.m.E. spanyng (1416-17), spaninge (1549); Spane v.] That is weaned. —1597 Edinburgh Testaments XXX 84b.
Ane boll corne with ane spending lambe