A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1386, 1456-1481, 1563, 1638
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(Hawking,) Hauking, vbl. n. Also: hawkyng, haukine, haking. [ME. hawkyng, haukinge (c 1374). See also Halking.] The practice of hawking. —1386 (1414) Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 10.
In hauking in fysching in fouling1456 Hay I. 175/30.
That thai be led to hunting and hauking 1481 Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 362.
Wyth … hawkyngis, huntyngis. fyschyngis [etc.] c1563 Reg. Panmure I. xxxii.
He had gryt delyght in haukine and hountine 1638 Aboyne Rec. 281.
Fouling, fisching, haking
