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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: 1665-1667

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(Wolling,) Wooling, vbl. n. [e.m.E. woullinge (1599) combing wool, woolling (1660) lining with wool; Wol(l n.] Robbing. Cf. mod. Eng. fleecing. —1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 3.
The great number we meit of souldiers all the way begat in us great fears of wooling [f.n. ‘robbing’ interlined], yet it pleased God to bring us most safely to Paris

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