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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1490-1552, 1605-1629
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Seing, vbl. n. Also: seyng(e, seying, sieing. [Late ME and e.m.E. seyng (1426), syyng (Lydgate), seing (c1449), seeyng (1538-9).] Seeing, in senses of Se v.(1) 1375 Barb. xvii 88.
But seyng [C. seying] off ony men … Thai set thar leddrys to the wall a1500 Bk. Chess 198.
And for the corporall seyng of the e Stoppis sum tyme the subtell mynd of men 1605 Dundonald Par. Rec. 74.
Vpoun the seing of … the lairdis sone … gaddering the grvnd heiring(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints Prol. 121.
As to deff men gyfand herynge, And to blynd men als scharpe seynge a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix 22. a1400 Legends of the Saints xl 790. 1490 Irland Mir. I 66/31.
Na schame mare of thai membris [in Eden] … na is now of seing ore hering c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 15/12. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 825.(3) 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II 105.
Giffin for bering of the kist with the rollis … to Robert Colviles chamir, for the seing of Bernturk mater 1517 Edinb. B. Rec. I 168.
The proffitt and dewites of the seing of the sadis skynnis 1618 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 132.
For the maister of warkis charges in seing the warkis this tyme(4) 1629 Aberd. Council Lett. I 299.
The burgh of Brechen to send thair commissionaris sufficientlie instructit for ansering … for not seing if thair clerkis keipe ane register of thair infeftments [etc.](5) 1626 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III 236.
Ilk commissioner … to recommend to thair magistrattis and counsall … the sieing of thair nichtbouris sufficientlie provydit with furneissit muskittis and pickies
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