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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1658

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Sonach, n. (? f. as Gael. sonnag (Uist) a beehive chair, made of twisted straw or sea-bent (Dwelly); cf. Shetl. dial. sinna (1843), sunna (1938) a type of seaside grass, e.g. fescue or manna.) —1658 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 176.
That no persone or persons … tack upon hand to tack away or cut any bent or sinews callit sonaches of the saidis bentie hillocks or links

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