A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1513
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Questing, -yng, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. questing (c1600). Cf. Questing,vbl. n.] Of hounds: Baying, giving tongue, while hunting. — 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1709.
The werie hunter … With questing houndis seirching to and fra 1513 Id. Æn. xiii iii 25.
Than the remanent of that questing [Ruddim. questyng] sort … Withdrawys
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