Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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LININ(G), n. Sc. fig. usage in phrs. not to be lining to, to be scarcely linin to, to bear no comparison with, “not to be a patch on.”Rnf. 1827 Crawfurd Coll. (S.T.S.) I. 185:
Their looks wont be linings To the braw lad luves me. Abd. c.1900 Greig MSS. (Abd. Univ. Lib.) IV. 13:
He's nae match for me He'd scarcely be linin', To the lad that likes me.
