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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Walkin(g, -ine, vbl. n.3 Also: wa(a)king. [e.m.E. walking (1582).] The action of fulling (cloth). (Walk v.3) Also attrib. 1488 Acta Conc. I 95/2.
vj d. for the walkin of ilke elne 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 43b.
For waking off the lint xl d. 1604 Ayr Kirk Session Records in Sel. Biog. I 46.
To sumon George Wilsoun for walking claith on the Saboth-day 1617 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 170.
In sewing, weiving, waking or making of stuffes or cloathes 1622 Conv. Burghs III 136.
The dissait … to haif bene so cunninglie convoyed that the same … can not be espyet before the same be wakit, and then efter the waking … be resoun of the difference of the wooll and yairne is espyet 1641 Acts V 657/2.
Waaking 1698 Logie Par. Hist. I 322.
Walkingattrib. 1625 Edinb. Test. III 137a.
xii ellis of walkine claith
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