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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1640-1680
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(Providing,) Provyding, vbl. n. Also: -vyedin. [17th c. Eng. prouiding (1603).] The action of providing, in various senses of Provid(e v. Const. in or with the thing provided. — 1640 Glasgow B. Rec. I 424.
For provyding of the armie in claithes and hois and shoes 1680 Miss Hamilton MSS in 8th Rep. Hist. MSS App. 310.
The half quherof is to be employed in provyedin this watch with ammunition
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