A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Trafficquing, -yng, vbl. n. Also: trafficquene, -iqueing, -icting, -i(c)king, -ikine, -ichine, -ecting, -eckinge, trafickqueing, trafquicking, treffecking, trifficquene. [e.m.E. traffiquing (1570).]
1. Trading, dealing in merchandise, buying and selling. (Traffi(c)que v. 1.)(a) 1595 Irvine Mun. II 32.
Restranyng of unfremenis trafficquyng 1606 Dundonald Par. Rec. 118.
Johne Forgushill … hinderit be the present plauge fra his traffikine quhairon he leiffit 1628 Aberd. Council Lett. I 292.
To desist … from treddinge and traffeckinge or selling of steppill wairis 1637 Elgin Rec. I 257.
To charge … Tammisone … for trafficting with salt 1650 Carstairs Lett. 62.
Traffichine 1661 Rec. Old Aberd. I 22.
Traffecting(b) 1593 Stirling Merch. Guild 5.
James Mayne is amerciat … in ane unlaw for treffecking with onefremen
2. The action of dealing in clandestine, criminal or treasonable matters, intrigue.(a) 1567 Reg. Privy S. VI 12/1.
His [sc. the bishop of Dunblane's] traffiqueing in the realme of France … and committand certane crymes in the samin 1591 Crim. Trials I ii 250.
Traffiking 1591 Crim. Trials I ii 253.
Indytit for your develisch consultatioun with Agnes Sampsoune … be the trafquicking of your auld agent Jonet Drummond 1592–3 Crim. Trials I ii 283.
Tuiching thair practizing and trafficquing with Jesuites 1592–3 Crim. Trials I ii 283.
Practizing and trafficquing in sundrie tressounable materis c1615 Chron. Kings 146.
Conwick … for trafficking with Spayne a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 274.
James Liddell … forfault … for trafickqueing with the king of England's herauld(b) 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 321.
Being enquyred whidder he had ony trifficquene with England, for transporting of the king or vtherwayis? … He ansuerit, ‘ … I neuer had trafficquene with England'
b. Negotiation. a1649 Drummond Hist. Scot. (1655) 11.
The trafficking of a marriage between Lewis the Daulphine … with Margaret daughter to King James
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Trafficquing vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 27 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/trafficquing_vbl_n>
