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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Borowing, Borrowing, vbl. sb. Also: bor-, bourrouing. [e.m.E. borowynge (1539), ME. borewing, borwyng, f. Borow v.]

1. The act of giving security, or becoming surety, for a thing or person. 14.. Acts I. 27/2.
Of the borowyng of uplande mannis pundis Ib. 30/2.
Of the borowyng a burges ututh the burgh 1622-6 Bisset I. 306/8.
The distrese and the borrowing … to appeir in the nixt courte

2. The fact of obtaining on loan. In bor(r)owing, on loan. 1551 Peebles B. Rec. 243.
To pas to Caidmure … with all … thair pleuchis baith for feying and borrowing 1573 Sempill Sat. P. xxxix. 8.
Lend vs ane bourrouing of ȝour auld blak bellis 1583 Edinb. Test. XII. 295.
I leue to Johne McWnlawye … his awne caldrone quhilk I had in borrowing 1587 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 309.
We … grantis ws to hawe resauit … in borowing the soume of fyve hundrethe merkis 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 47.
For debt may be aweand, be borrowing and lenning

3. Borrowing dayis, the last three days of March. 1549 Compl. 38/1.
The borial blastis of the thre borouing dais of marche