graithing, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈgreɪθɪŋ)
[f. graith v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. graith; preparation; furnishing; also concr. furniture, attire.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxiv. [lxv.] 10 Þou grayth þe mete of þaim, for swa is þe graythynge of it. a 1350 Kindh. Jesu 1250 Cloth..of swiþe guod greiþingue. 1495 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. (1877) I. 267 To Dauid Caldwell, to the grathing of his chalmeris..xviijs. 1786 Burns On Naething v, Some quarrel the Presbyter gown, Some quarrel Episcopal graithing. 1881 Mrs. Annie Ellis Sylvestra I. 92 The lass was..willing, but sadly in want of ‘graithing’. 1884 Gd. Words 202 It's a bit of bonnie graithin. |