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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ballinger, Ballingar, n. Also: balangare, balingar, ballingair, ballyngar(e; bellinger, -ar. [ME. balynger (c 1400), balinger, balingar, etc., AF. balengier, OF. baleinier a whaling ship, f. baleine whale.] A small sea-going vessel in use in the 15th and 16th centuries.(a) 1428 Edinb. Chart. 63.
Of ilk creare, busche, berge and ballinger. v s. 1513 Doug. ii. i. 19 (R).
Ane rade vnsikkir for schip and ballingere a1568 Bann. MS. 249 b/35.
Schippis of tour and ballingeris of weir a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi. 48.
Nycht and day mon he nocht tyre, That sailis my bony ballinger(b) 1447 Dundee Chart. 24.
Of ilk craare, busche, barge, and balangare, v s. c1475 Wall. ix. 1857.
A ballingar off Ingland Past out of Tay Ib. x. 1048.
Sone out off But thai maid a ballingar To gud Wallace c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxiii. 12.
Beildaris of barkis, and ballingaris 1513 Doug. ii. i. 19.
A raid onsikkyr for schip or ballyngare Ib. iv. vii. 72.
Mony gret schyp, ballyngar, and bark 1535 Stewart 9192.
With schip and boit, with bark and ballingair c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3101.
In bote, in balingar, and bargis, The twa armyis on vtherris chargis