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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1689-1697
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Trimming, ppl. adj. Also: trimeing. [e.m.E. trimmyng (1559); Trim v.] a. That declines to favour one side or the other in order to curry favour with both. b., c. ? —a. 1689 Melville Corr. 116 (see Trimmer n. 1).
Trimming —b., c. 1697 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX 223b.
12 trimeing cloathes and sex head cloathes all worth xij lb. 1697 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX 223b.
2 brase panes with ane copper trimming pott worth iiij lb.
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