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graithing, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈgreɪθɪŋ| [f. graith v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. graith; preparation; furnishing; also concr. furniture, attire.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxiv. [lxv.] 10 Þou grayth þe mete of þaim, for swa is þe graythynge of it. a1350Kindh. Jesu 1250 Cloth..of swiþe guod greiþingue. 1495in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. (1877) I. 267 To Dauid Caldwell, to the grathing of his chalmeris..xviijs. 1786Burns On Naething v, Some quarrel the Presbyter gown, Some quarrel Episcopal graithing. 1881Mrs. Annie Ellis Sylvestra I. 92 The lass was..willing, but sadly in want of ‘graithing’. 1884Gd. Words 202 It's a bit of bonnie graithin. |