A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1600-1699
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(Line,) Lyn(e, v.3 [ME. (Trevisa) and e.m.E. lyne. line, to tie with a line, mark with a line, arrange a line of troops along, etc.: cf. L. līneāre, F. ligner.] tr. a. ? To string (a bow). b. To place troops in, arrange troops along (here perh. with some admixture of Line v.1 in a fig. sense). — a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 478.
The ȝunge man than his bov bent syne And vith his hand thare-vith can lyne 16.. Herries Mem. 102.
The Regent … lyns both the houses, the hedges and ditches full of muscatiers
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