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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1491-1529, 1582-1597, 1663
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Conceling, -ceil(l)ing, vbl. n. [f. Concele,v. Cf. Conseling.] Concealing. 1491 Acts II. 230/1.
Quhat personis that ar arte or parte of the … concelyng of the said tressour 1515 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 156.
Art and pairt of steilling and conceilling of kye 1529 Ib. II. 11.
The thiftuis steling and conceling … of xxij schavis of bere 1582 Criminal Trials I. 108.
The tressonabill hyeling and conceling of the said attemptatis 1597 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 200.
The woman clenger in Leyth … is convict for conceilling of the pest 1663 Stitchill Baron Ct. 25.
For hydeing and conceiling of his cornes in the yaird unteynded
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