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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1506-1600
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Perform(e)ing, -yng, vbl. n. Also: parfo(u)rm-. [e.m.E. and ME. parformyng (Wyclif), performyng (Lydgate).] Completing or performing. a. = Performance n. b. Completing (a garment) by an addition (Perform v. 4).a. 1545 Reg. Privy C. I. 4.
It is … ordanit be my Lord Governour … that [etc.] … for the performyng and fulfilling of the quhilkis James Douglas … is bondin … souerte 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 16.
Thre ȝeris efter the performing of thys reformation 1571 Lanark B. Rec. 64. 1572 Canongate Ct. Bk. 374.
Sen the performing of the viage libellit a1578 Pitsc. I. 20/11.
Performeing 1586 James VI in Ellis Orig. Lett. i Ser. III. 21.
The parforming quhairof onlie apparteynis unto you 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 6.
For performing of thair vow 1589 Trans. Edinb. Archit. IX. 131.
For performing of the said work the said Mr Dauid sall furneis … stane, lyme [etc.] 1596 Glasgow Presb. in Misc. Maitl. C. I. 83.
For performing of mariage betuixt thame 1600 Acts IV. 243/2.
Hir bipast seruice and performing the nutriture & preseruatioun of his maiesteis awin personeb. 1506 Treasurer's Accounts III. 266.
For parfourmyng of the bodyis of the said goun with ermyngis and quhit menever
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