A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bane-dry, a. [Bane n.1] As dry as a bone. —a1400 Leg. S. xlv. 182 (Godis angel held hire one lofte ban-dry).