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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AMONG, prep. In Sc. sense of amang.Sc. 1787 J. Beattie Scoticisms⁹:
I stuck among the snow = in the snow. Among in Eng. has a reference to that which may be numbered.Sc. 1881 A. Mackie Scotticisms 14:
They walked for an hour among the rain — in the rain.