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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1519-1521
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Topassing, vbl. n. [To- prefix2 and Passing vbl. n. l a (3).] The setting (of the sun). Cf. Toganging vbl. n. — 1519 Maxwell Mem. I 240.
Apon ane day betuex the risyng of the sone and topassing of the sammyne 1520–1 Aboyne Rec. 48.
Betuix the sone rising and the to passing of the samyne
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