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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1710

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†SEYLORING, n. A ceiling.Sc. 1710 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1908) App. 672:
Mending the seyloring of the High Kirk.

[O.Sc. silouring, 1497, North. Mid.Eng. silorynge, id., vbl.n. deriv. of Mid.Eng. selure, a ceiling, ult. of the same orig. as ceil(ing).]

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