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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 14 Nyle thou dispise..the grace of God..that is ȝouun to thee by prophecie, with puttynge to [a1425 L.V. putting on; L. impositione] of hondis of prestis.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 88 Many men..mitigateþ þe fraudulence & lupacite of it [sc. cancer] wiþ a pece of skarlet & wiþ puttyng to [?c1425 Paris layenge to; L. appositione] of hennez flesh.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 47 Þe spondyle is a bone conteynynge þe bak..hauynge many puttynges to [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. additamentz; L. additamenta], ascendynge and descendynge.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 197 He strengthed hyt with þe puttynge to of hys seele.

1579 J. Loud in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. li. 388 At the first putting to of the fire.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 545/2 Putting-to is managed very differently, according to whether the horse is going in shafts or with a pole.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 187 The volunteers who had assisted at the ticklish business of putting to.

1998 Carriage Driving Oct.–Nov. (Books Suppl.) 3/3 Laying a sound foundation towards understanding the techniques of harnessing, rein handling and putting to etc.