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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1628-1633
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(Rounding,) Ru(i)nding, ppl. adj. [Round v.] ? That is to be cut, or that has been cut, into cylindrical sections or a curved shape. Cf. 17th c. Eng. round to make convex or curving in outline (1677). — 1628–9 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 210.
To the saweris for sawing of … aucht runding draucht in daillis 1633 Ib. 383.
Fourteine ruinding draucht of dailles
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