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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Designing, Desyning, vbl. n. [Design v.] The act of marking out or drafting. — 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 419.
To caus furneis and delyuer to the foure fowle clengeris in the mwre … ane jowpe of blak with a [band] of quhyte clayth sewit about the sam for designing and knawing of thame
1684 Glamis Bk. Rec. 40.
The desyning hereof does not impose any necessity upon the projector

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