Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1712, 1774, 1880-1887
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ALL, adj. and adv. See A'. The St.Eng. form all (the original form also in O.Sc.) is sometimes used in Sc., like a', as = every, before singular nouns.w.Sc. 1887 Jam.6:
All kind o' things.
Phrases: (1) All and haill, a legal expression: "all and whole," entire.Sc. 1774 (2nd ed.) Dallas System of Stiles II. 530:
I, by these presents, sell [etc.] . . . all and haill that croft of land [etc.].Lnk. 1712 Minutes J.P.'s Lnk. (S.H.S. 1931) 144:
All and Haill the soume of five pound starline money.
(2) All and sundry. (See Sundry.)
(3) All my lone, -lane. (See Lone, Lane.)
(4) All the one. (See quot.)Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn. 2:
All the one, the only one. "Is this all the one you have?"