Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUTTERMILK, n. In phr. and comb.
1. Phr.: buttermilk-an-meal, “a bowl of buttermilk with a generous spread of oatmeal on the top” (Abd.4 1931). Also known to Bnff.2, Abd.19 1937.
†2. Comb.: buttermilk gled (see quot.). Phs. the hen-harrier, Circus cyaneus.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 104:
A bird of the falcon tribe; it is of a cream colour, of the size of the common kite. . . . No burd o' prey gives a clocken hen a greater glocken than the buttermilk gled.
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