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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1664-1674
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Ranting, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. (1598).] Merry-making, boisterous. See also Roanting ppl. adj. b. Noisy, blaring. — 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 282.
A croud of ranting gallants and officers — 1664 Nicoll Diary 415.
Ane ranting trumpet
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