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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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AIX, AIXE, n. Axe. Gen.Sc. [ɛks, eks]Sc. [1830] Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 342:
As if the butcher had sank the head o' an aix intil his harn-pan.Sc. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods, Late in the Nicht xiii.:
Again' the warl', grawn auld an' gray, Up wi' your aixe!Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 366:
[His] hoose wis filled fu' o' cats ae nicht, an' he thrashed amo' them wi' a soord an' an aix.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 35:
Nae aix rings shairp on the bark o a splittin log,
Nae lauchin bairns teet oot frae a rosity pine.Fif. 1991 Tom Hubbard in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 142:
The ink fae a pen faas bluid upon an aix,
Dings doun some grippy carline ... Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 12:
Nor be sae rude, Wi' firelock or Lochaber aix, As spill their blude.Lnk. 1997 Duncan Glen From Upland Man 10:
And mony tools hung
on the waw. Mell and haimmer,
aix and saw. And in the corner
a free-staunin airn fire wi lang black lum
raxin to the roof.