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Definition of Bigging
1. biggin [n -S] - See also: biggin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bigging
Literary usage of Bigging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scot. Text S. by Scottish Text Society (1899)
"The bigging of the forth, Hou the zoung quein was send in France. Hou the French
army come in Scotland and ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... in setting forward the said wark, f ra the ty me that he sail enter to the
bigging of the pannis vnto the four comptait pannis be ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"bigging. (Лай/.) All ropes or chains used about the masts, yards, or sails.
Standing R. is opposed to Running R., or that which is used to set the sails, ..."
4. The Historie and Cronicles of Scotland: From the Slauchter of King James the by Robert Lindsay (1899)
"The bigging of the forth. Hou the zoung quein was send in France. Hou the French
army come in Scotland and ..."
5. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"... ie the bigging or building of Douf, now Dowbiggin, qv ; cf. New- biggin.
All this seems to point to the existence of a personal name Douf or Duff. ..."
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