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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1643-1674
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Tolling, vbl. n. [e.m.E. tollyng (1494); Toll v.] The action of tolling a bell. — 1643 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 6.
The councell … dischairging the tolling of belles at funeralls 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 259.
This good lady got the hansell tolling chaimes of this new bell
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