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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1620
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(Wowing,) Wooeing, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. wowende (Wyclif), wowynge (Trevisa).] Of or pertaining to courtship. — c1620 Boyd Zion's Fl. 73.
Lovers at first … Darre not expresse what is within the mind … But first they must, with winkes … Their minds let others in their gestures see; And peece and peece as they see goe the guise, Step back, or forward, in their wooeing wise
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