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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420
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Assembling (-yng, -yn), vbl. n. [ME. assembling (Chaucer).] Meeting; encounter. —1375 Barb. vii. 325 (soyn eftir thair assemblyng). c1420 Wynt. viii. 4895 (at the assemblyng he wes strykyn wyth a spere); 6755 (at thare assembling he slew ane).
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