A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1648-1692
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Sparkling, vbl. n. Also: sparckling. [Late ME and e.m.E sparkelyng (Prompt. Parv.), sparckling (1558); Sparkle v.1] The action of flashing or shining with light. Also fig. Also an instance of this. —a1649 Drummond I 65/28.
Her eyes such beames sent foorth, that but with paine Here, weaker sights their sparckling could sustaine —fig. a1649 Drummond II 67/16 (see Sparkle n.). —pl. a1692 Kirk in Il Cappellano delle Fate 151.
The sparklings of God in itself [sc. the soul] presaging, as eagles do carrion, at a great distance
