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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1699

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Stumbling, vbl. n. [Late ME and e.m.E. stomling (a1400-50), stomblyng (1568), stumbling (1611); Stumble v.] A cause of disturbance or upset, an offence. Only fig.1699 Cramond Ch. Aberdour 37.
It was judged reasonable that the said Agnes shud come here … to cleer herself, in case of giving the Lord's supper it shud be a stumbling to the Lord's people to see her at the table under such an ill fame

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