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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1507-1591
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Filling, Fylling, vbl. n. [ME. fyllynge, filling (a 1400),] f. Fill v.]
1. The inward flow of the sea. 1456 Hay I. 76/11.
The fillyng and flowing of the see 1559 (1583) Reg. Great S. 170/2.
Passand … south to the filling of the sey 1585 Inverness B. Rec. I. 304.
Betuix the fylling of the sea and the wattir moutht of Nes
2. The act of filling; material used for filling. Also filling up (attrib.). a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 245.
Filling of tauch 1511 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 306.
For the filling of the bospret of the gret mastis 1515 Rentale Dunkeld. 208 b.
In empcione … lapidum muralium pro lie filling 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII. 261 b.
Ane pype of wyne sek with ane half pype and filling vp wynes
3. Fulfilling, completing. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 7323.
As is the vse in filling of sic bandis, … to the preist he gaue this lady bricht
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