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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1554-1555
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Tonying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. tuning (1597), toning (1660); Ton(e v.] The action of tuning an instrument. — 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II 358.
To Sir Johne Fietie … for tonying of the organis at Sanct Geillis day, xxiiij s.
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