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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1123 For ho schynes so schyr þat is of schap rounde,..& wax euer in þe worlde in weryng so olde, Ȝet þe perle payres not whyle ho in pyese lasttes.

1426 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 71 I woll þat..my preest haue..a gowne of my weryng.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour xxvii. 39 Seint Bernarde,..for his holy lyuing, and of weringe of the heyre,..was chose to be abbot of that place.

1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 103 My mother has gewyn to Myhellz wyfe a cremsyn goune of hyr wheryng.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. A 3 b Such rare iewels are well worth the wearing.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. ii. 28 Speciall Dignities, which vacant lye For thy best vse and wearing . View more context for this quotation

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 54 With good wearing, they will last you fresh and sound as long as you live.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋10 But a Fool of a colder Constitution would have..made Buff of his Skin, for the Wearing of the Conqueror.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 135 I..desir'd that they might all take an equal Quantity of the Goods that were for wearing.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 38 He rushed into the room with a willow branch in his hand, which he told her had arrived that instant from Germany for her special wearing.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 182 The opposition, it seemed, wished..to make the crown of England not worth the wearing.