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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1522, 1586
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Stabillyng, Stablyne, -ing, vbl. n.1 [ME and e.m.E. stablynge (Wyclif), stabiling (c1449); Stabil(l v.1] a. Establishing. b. Pacification. —a. a1400 Legends of the Saints xiv 34.
Syne of thame al [sc. the apostles] mad a buke … & how thai liffyt … & to the stablyne of the kyrke, & for to kene men wele to wirk 14.. Acts I 38/2.
Of stabillyng of the pece of fayris 1586 Protocol Book of W. Cumming 102.
Curttis haldyn for stabling of gud ordor in the cuntrey —b. 1522 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 155.
For remeid to be had of the greit slauchteris … daly committit … for stabling of the cuntre
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