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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1556-1607
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Instructing, Instru(c)kin(g, vbl. n. [e.m.E. instructinge (1557).] Instructing, instruction. — 1556 Protocol Book of T. Dalrymple 41 b.
The … instruckin & lering of the said craft to the said James 1558 Dumfr. & Galloway Antiq. Soc. 3 Ser. XXI. 112.
Na vther … office quhilkis may be preiuditiall … [to] the instruking … of the said schole 1570 Lanark B. Rec. 53.
David Maky, skuillmaster, … anent the instruckin and leirning of thair barnis 1607 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 294.
A writting schoole … for instructing of the youth in writing [etc.]
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