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Raising, Rasing, vbl. n. Also: raise-, rays(s)-, rayse-, rase-, rass-, re(a)s- and -in(ge, -yng, -ene, (-one); resine. ME and e.m.E. raising (a1350), reising (Wyclif), reysynge (Prompt. Parv.), cf. Rais(e v.]

1. The action of Rais(e v., in various senses.Cf. Rais(e v. 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30 and 31.(1) 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 170.
The rasyng of Lazarus fra deith to lyve(2) 1532 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 83.
For rasing and upsetting of the skaffalting … and for rasing and upsetting of the grete bois wyndois Ib. 88.
For topping and rasing of the chymnay hedis 1555–6 Edinb. B. Rec. I 367.
To ane masoun for rasing of the turnepyk heid, and rasing of ane gavill wall 1558–9 Edinb. Old Acc. I 289.
To Johnne Duncane … for his … rasing of the quhelis and wter gair of the litell myll 1627 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 159.
The raising of blockehoussis for the defence of the harbourie(3) 1590 Crim. Trials I ii 206.
The rasing of the Dewill(4) 1512 Reg. Privy S. I 364/2.
Murthure, slauchter, rasing of fire [etc.] 1526–7 Ib. 548/1. 1554 Corr. M. Lorraine 391.
Your lordschip may rais a summoundis … for fyir rasing 1569 Reg. Privy C. II 10.
All maner of … fyre rasingis, dampnages [etc.] 1579 Digest Justiciary Proc. I 82. 1584 Cal. Sc. P. VII 443.
Reasing of fire 1620 Grant Chart. 320.
Raising of muirburne 1627 Justiciary Cases I 62.
Raiseing 1641 Acts V 484/1.
The … slaughter of blakefishe smoltes … with … raising of blaizies(5) 1608 Stirling Hammermen in Stirling Archæol. Soc. (1927–8) 41.
For resine tumult amang the britherne(6) 1496 Acta Conc. II 24.
Expenses … in the rasing of divers letters apone the sade Johne Olephant Ib.
Tweching the rasing of the kingis letters under his signet impetrat be thame to deliver the howsis 1498 Ib. 215.
Be the rasing and purchesing of ane exhorbitant grace expectative in the Court of Rome acceppand tharewith the chantory of Glasgw 1546 Reg. Privy C. I 45.
Raising of new letteres for halding of siclik courtis justiciare 1556 Liber Calchou 483.
Rasing of letteris of summondis and cursingis and seruing thairof 1596 Glasgow B. Rec. I 181.
Cautioneris … for rasing of the suspensioune concernyng the harbry at Cumray persewit be the towne of Irvine 1602 Misc. Spald. C. V 130.
For rasing of letteris of inhibitioun agains the Laird of Cultir 1624 Argyll Rentals 11 Nov.
Raiseins 1622-6 Bisset I 238/12.
The raising … of charges upoun decreittis … did consist maist pairt in letteres of four formes 1632 Justiciary Cases I 205.
Thomas Chatto persewar … declairit that at the reasing of the saidis criminall lettres he was informet [etc.] 1659 Cramond Kirk S. 13 Feb.
They have committed the raising of the said letters to the Laird of Cramond 1666 Glasgow Chart. II 106.
As lykwayes Glasgowes interuptiones are cleir by lousings of arreistments, reasing of lawburrowes [etc.](7) 1616–17 Dumbarton Common Gd. Acc. 13.
To Walter Watsoun for raising the psalmes 1681 Boharm Kirk S. 4 April.(8) 1398 Liber Melros 489.
Comoun were, with raisinge of baneris 1505 Treas. Acc. III 170.
The rasing of the mast of the kingis schip 1506 Ib. 171.
At the rasing of the gret maist(9) 1398 Acts I 212/1.
Sua that the kyngis officeris na na seculeris entermet thaim in the raysyng of it 1415 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 36.
The takyng or rasyng of his teynd penny aucht til hyme of relewis 1424 Acts II 5/1.
Officiaris that sall laubour about this ȝeilde raysing be thar lautee that thai aucht the king 1442 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 6.
To assist … in the raising of the said custome 1459 Peebles B. Rec. I 132.
And for tha fautis makyn the sayd John becom in … the twnys wyll of xx s. at thair wyllis rassyng and takyn to be payit Ib. 133.
The mendis … sall be at the rassyng and at the wyllis of thir persounis 1474 Edinb. B. Rec. I 29.
Tuiching the rasing of the Monundais penny of … thaim at werkis thair awin laubor 1482 Acta Aud. 103/1.
For the raising of a pensioun of the said abbay 1509–10 Edinb. B. Rec. I 128.
To … distrenye … for the takin rasing and inbringing of thir dewiteis 1510 Reg. Privy S. I 311/2.
Dischargeing the bailȝeis of the forest … of the taking or rasing of ony unlawis [etc.] 1531 Boyd Fam. P. No. 8 (1 Oct.).
In the peciabill … setting rasing vptaking resaving of the proffitis 1552 Conv. Burghs I 2.
The grete mvrmour risin vpoun the hale borrowis … in rasing of nouationis and exactionis of thair pittecustomes 1593 Conv. Burghs I 403.
The laitt raiseing vpoun thame ane novatioun of ane laidilfull of ilk laid victuall 1600 Ib. II 90.
Rayssing c1639 Sc. Lore 160.
[He was finding] difficultie in rayseing of moneyis(10) 1533 Bell. Livy I 222/5.
The cryme that was imput to him was the fulich rasing of his armye Ib. II 43/25. 1552 Reg. Privy C. I 136.
Sua that … thair suld be na thing left undone that may performe the reasing of the said fittmen 1648 Misc. Maitl. C. II 458.
To give out orders for reasing our army a1651 Calderwood III 110.
His treasonable interprise … in raising of menne of warre(11) 1561–2 Stirling B. Rec. I 80.
The baillies dischargit James Thom of rasing of laris in the kirk 1595 Orkney Rentals ii 28.
Fallen in escheat … for … raising of ane march-stane 1601 Elgin Rec. II 96.
The Sessioune, perceiving gryt perell through burieing of people … within the kirk … by raising of grene graivis and holking under the kirk vall 1608–9 Misc. Spald. C. V 84.
For … rasing and laying of the calsay agane 1614 Elgin Rec. II 140.
To summond the baksters … for raising the steanes of the graves to build ther oynes 1625 Ib. 188.
Raseing 1664 S. Ronaldshay 47.
The raising of 200 slaittes out of Hoxa heid 1686 Inverness Rec. II 342.
Encroatched upon the saids supplicants lands by tilling the mearings betwixt their lands and by raising of march stones — 1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 538.
The horrible crak of the pulder in the owerthraw and raising of the hous(12) 1521 Liber Melros 631.
And … mantein the forsaid reverend fader … in settin and rasin of the forsayd landis and inputtin and outputtin of tenandis in the samyn(13) 1657 Mure Hist. Rowallane 252.
The Earle of Duglass should have tryed the reasone of the sidge being with ane armie in vew of the besidgers(14) 1676 Glasgow Procurators 78.
At the raising of the court 1683 Peebles B. Rec. II 108.
Albeit ther be a prefixt tyme for brecking upe of the shoumercat at the ringing of the bell yet ther is noe settled tyme for raising of the said shoumercat(15) 1592 Edinb. B. Rec. V 58.
The continewing of the customes … but hichting or raysing thairof c1650 Spalding II 154.
The … raising of the prices of meill and malt — 1628 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II 13.
The Lords … finds it not … expediente to proceed to the raising of his majesteis coyne decrying of the forraine coyne(16) 1667 Laing MSS I 357.
The reports off a deseine off raising in the phanatics

2. In other senses.

a. The carving in relief or embossing of (a design, etc.). 1537–8 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 224.
To Adame Leis for carving and rasing of the quenis grace armis in leid 1614 Ib. 342.
For some aixis chissellis and hammeris for reasing of wod

b. Rasene nedill, ? a needle for use in executing ‘raised’ embroidery (see Raisit ppl. adj. 2). 1567 Q. Mary in Misc. Maitl. C. III 187.
Ane dozen of rasene nedillis and mowlis

c. The removing of tenants from possession of land or property. Cf. Raise v. 24, also 1 (12) above. ?1580 Coll. Rebus Alban. 15.
With … setting and resing of tenentis removing and dispossessing of fre halderis [etc.]