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† ˈwrooting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. wroot v. + -ing1.]
The action of grubbing or rooting; the result of this, the furrow made by a pig rooting.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 147 Curatis..resten as mold⁓warpis in wrotynge of worldly worschipe & erþely goodis. 1379Glouc. Cath. MS. 19 No. 1, i. iii. fol. 6 b, Scrophula ys a sore that is lyke a swynes wrotynge. c1440Promp. Parv. 534/2 Wrotynge, of beestys, versio. Wrotynge, of a swyne, scrobs. 1491Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 333 Whate with wrotyng and tredyng of the saide bestes [sc. swine]. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 586/1 We must yoke them for breking hedges, and ringe them for wroting. |