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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outrin(n)ing(e, -run(n)ing, vbl. n. Also: owt- and -rinin, -ryn(n)ing(e, -rennyng, -runin. [Out-rin v.] The expiry of a set period of time, a contract, etc.(a) 1483 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II. 104.
For the space of two ȝeirs … efter the outrining of his prenteisschip 1507 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 709.
Immediatlie efter the redempcioun and outrinning of the assedatioun 1524 Reg. Privy S. I. 497/2.
For all the space … of ix ȝeris … following the ischey and outrinin of his takkis 1546 Reg. Privy C. I. 39. 1547 Blackfriars Perth 241.
Befoir the outrynning of the said thrie croppis 1551 Glasgow Masons 6.
Outrynyng 1558 Inverness Rec. I. 25.
Efter out rynning of the dayt of the same 1560 Crosraguel Chart. I. 120.
Outryning 1562 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 305.
Outrynning 1580 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. 129. 1589 Edinb. Test. XXI. 54 b.
Outrininge 1596–7 Misc. Spald. C. I. iii.
And ley continuale efter the owt rynning of the saidis ten dayis, sax oulkis 1600 Conv. Burghs II. 87.
Outryning 1600 Glasgow Wrights 49.
Owtrynning 1610 Brechin Test. II. 49.
Out rynninge 1617 Acts IV. 541/1. 1627 Edinb. Test. LIV. 143.
The outrining & expyring of my take 1645 Irvine Mun. II. 62.(b) 1592–3 Edinb. Surgeons 16.
Efter the owtrennyng of his prenteischip(c) 1547 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 255.
Follovand the ische and outrunin of thair last generale assedatioun 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. None-entres.
After the ischue and out-running of the saidis three tearmes 1610 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 82. a1633 Hope Major Pract. II. 223.
Efter the outruning of the prescriptione 1686 Fountainhall Decis. I. 432.
After the out-running of the years of the former tack

b. The running out of an hour-glass. 1582 Burntisland B. Ct. 5 Nov.
Thar war no persoun … that offerit ony mair befoir the owtrunninge off the glas beinge sett to that effect 1661 Prince of Tartaria Voyage Cowper in Fife 2.
To lend his lugs to the out-running of two glasses with their respective appendixes