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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pluk(k)ing, -yne, vbl. n. Also: pluck-. [e.m.E. and ME. pluckinge (1387–8), plukkynge (c 1440), f. Pluk v.] The action of plucking, in various senses of Pluk v.(1) 1559 Inverness Rec. I. 34.
That ilk of thame … wse na plukyne of skynnis in tyme cuming 1579 Ib. 266.
Ye ar followit for … plukking of skynnis 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 12.
Plucking the pellotis or ever the scheip be slane(2) 1616 Fraserburgh Kirk S. 70 b (13 Mar.).
She haid sclanderit hir of thift in pluking of hoggis(3) a1568 Scott iv. 53.
Gucking Brasing graping and plucking Thir foure the suth to sane Enforsis thame to fucking(4) 1603 Philotus cxii.
For plucking on scho will not ryis … scho lyis As raueist in a trance(5) 1650 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. LI. 49.
Hir mother … plucking thrise at her asked hir douchters health for God his saik
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