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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spying, Spyand, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. spiyng (Manning), spying (Trevisa); Spy v.] The action of the verb in senses 2, 4 and 7 (const. furth). —(1) 1573 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 6.
For forther remeid spying and trying of the said falsett they nominat and gevis as cersouris thairof [etc.] —(2) a1586 Lindsay MS 84b.
Gif the chiftane of the host haue knawlege to remove the … impedimentis of thair wayis that the ost paris not in the way be spying of thair innemeis —(3) 1565 Canongate Kirk S. (ed.) 26.
That every part haif twe elderis and twe dioconis quhilk sall ansuer for thair quarter bothe for the puris, the wisitation of the seik, buriell, and uthair faltis spyand furth
