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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1657

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Langsands, n. pl. [Appar. Lang a. 3; sands as of an hour glass. Also in the later dial.] ‘A long process of litigation.’ —1657 Johnston Diary (1940) 92.
[Our business referred] to an extrinsek comittee. . which troubled us as being the langsands

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