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: 1635-1652
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(Teing,) Tiing, Tying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. teying (1480), tying (1505); Te v.] The fulfilling of an obligation. (Te v. 3.) —1635 Edinb. Surgeons 114.
His agane tiing with the performance of his promise 1652 Dumfries Kirk S. 20 April.
For tying of both parties to good behavior the session decerned act