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Tynyng(e, -ing, vbl. n. Also: tyneyng, -ing, tineing, tynning, taining. [North. ME tinning (Cursor M.), tynyng (c1400); Tyn(e v.] The action of losing, loss in senses 1, 2, 3, 3 c, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of Tyn(e v.(1) a1400 Leg. S. v 212.
Sa gret besynes He has for to get riches And besy thocht of the kepynge And gret dut of the tynynge 14.. Burgh Laws c. 79 (B).
Tynyng of siluir [A. tynyng of gudis] 1510 Prestwick B. Rec. 42.
Wndor the payne of tynyng of his fredome a1538 Abell 123a.
For tynyng of possessionis 1536 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 131.
Tuecheing the amissione and tynyng of hir takis … of the landis of Moyrhous 1551 Hamilton Cat. 152.
For feir of man and tyning of his office, he [sc. Pontius Pilate] gaif sentence aganis our salviour 1574 Glasgow B. Rec. I 11.
Gevin … to George Burell merchand … to releve his extreme pouertre in tyneyng of his pack be the sey 1578–9 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 88.
James Dalȝell being callit and chalengit for tynyng of his fredome for duelling without the burgh 1580 Inverness Rec. I 286.
Tyning 1605 Melvill 604.
The tyneing of the tittle of the possessioun of our assemblie(b) c1586 Rait & Cameron King James's Secret 89.
Bot let sei giff he dar do any of tham for his lyff, or at lest for taining all he hesse(2) 1590 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 122.
Under the payne of tyning his lugis(3) c1520-c1535 Nisbet III 283.
Behald this is the gret preest that kepit wele his folk … and that delyuirit thame fra tynyng(4) 1631 Chron. Perth 96.
An gentlewoman become frantic thro' tineing of her husband(5) 1639 Baillie I 221.
The King, after much tyneing of tyme about Berwick for the clergie's pleasure, went his way(6) 1494 Loutfut MS 114b.
The wynnyng or the tynyng [Lindsay MS tynning] of the prisoneris ransoun 1654 Johnston Diary II 306.
Which taiking him in the fang and the tyning of the busines would trouble him(7) 1579 Bk. Univ. Kirk II 442.
Such as have been with them in lyke danger and hazard of tyning and woning a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 375.
Better winning on draf nor tyning on gold a1661 Rutherford An Exhortation at a Communion to a Scots Congregation in London (1775) 7.
When our salvation was in Christ's hand, it was between the tyning and the winning 1682 Peden Lords Trumpet (1682) 33.
He denyd none of you that is the elect, when ye were between the tyning and the wining(8) 1492 Acta Conc. I 229/2.
Of the quhilkis lettrez the selis wer distroyit & cuttit be the tyning of thaim in the said Androvis box 1656 Johnston Diary III 29.
Hir tyning at our exercise a cloved orange which shoe preferred to hir byble