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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1566, 1681
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Prat(t)ing, vbl. n. [Prat(t v.: cf. e.m.E. prating (c 1460).] Speaking boastfully, overbearingly or insolently; boasting, insolence. — 1558-66 Knox I 239.
The bischoppes heirat offended, said, ‘What pratting is this? Lett his accusatioun be redd’ 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) ii 66.
The language us'd by catts, When in the night they go a cating, And fall a scolding and a prating
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