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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1400, 1616

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(Staning,) Stanyng, Stoning, vbl. n. [North. ME staning (Cursor M.), late ME and e.m.E. stonynge (Prompt. Parv.), stonyng (1548); Stane v.] a. Pelting with stones, execution by this means. b. The removal of stones from land. —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1595.
Cassandra, quhilk that ȝit remanys In Troy, with mony bitter panes, Of stanyng of hire moder schene And of hire sister Polexene
b. ?1616 Brechin Kirk S.
Being delated … for stoning his land on the Sabboth day he deponed that he was taking ane molldewort in ane kearne off stones

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