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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1640-1687
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Ting, n. [17th c. Eng. ting (1602).] The sound of a small bell. Also fig. an inconsequential noise. — 1640 Glasg. Univ. Mun. II 455.
When the masters goe to their classes, each one of them have his owne ting of the bell —fig. 1687 N. Paterson Moristonus Martyr.
It was only an amorous pique that hath rumbled the world into these grand transactiouns. To me they carry the ting and tincture … the heroick hearts of some of minor rank
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