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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1610
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(Stumbling,) Stumling, Stombling, ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. stomlynge (c1425), stumblynge (1538); Stumble v.] That causes (a person) to stumble or fall. Only fig. — 1567 Satirical Poems iii 109.
God he is all that layis ane stumling stane, Quhilk may the cause be of our bretheringis fall c1610 Melville Mem. 4.
The eirly embrassing of vnbocht experience be the stombling errours of vthers
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