A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1565-1623
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Withstanding, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. wyþstondyng (Manning), withstandynge (1493), withstanding (1650).] Opposition, resistance to (of) (something). — 1565 Reg. Privy C. I 394.
To send fourtie … men of weir to the west bourdour for helping to pacifie the cuntre and withstanding of Ingland 1586 Jurid. Rev. IV 298.
The practic is that ony officer where he sees occasion of withstanding of his jurisdiction he may rais the countrie for furth setting thereof 1623 Aberd. Council Lett. I 205.
They think that thair is not a sufficient diligence done be the burrowes for withstanding of thir monopolies [sc. of tobacco and soap]
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