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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Cresching), Crei(s)ching, vbl. n. [f. Cresche v.] Greasing. — 1564 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 187.
That na … fraudfull schyftis as drawing, dinging, calking, creiching, flaling or carding of clayth be vsit in tymes cuming 1583 Soc. Ant. VII. 553.
For scharpening the Madin, … vj s. viij d. … for creisching and creisch to it … vj s. viij d. 1616–19 M. Works Acc. XV. 4 b.
For creisching of fourtene yroun windowis iiij li. butter
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