▪ I. † ˈbribering, vbl. n. Obs.
[This and the next imply a vb. briber, formed on the n. bribour, briber, in its earlier sense of ‘thief’.]
Thieving.
| 1567 Harman Caveat (1869) 60 Brought before me..as Malefactors, for bryberinge and stealinge. |
▪ II. † ˈbribering, a. Obs.
[cf. prec.]
Thieving.
| c 1530 Dyal. betw. Gentl. & Husbandm. (Arb.) 137 (D.) It is the moost briberynge thefe That euer was. |