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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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To-filling, vbl. n. [To- prefix1 and Filling vbl. n. 1.] The rising tide, appar. with reference to goods brought in on the tide to or around Leith. —1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
All the tum vydouris of gudis ventit or temyt in the rade, havin, or tovn of Leith, or to fillingis to be dewiteis to the tovn of Edinburgh