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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†ANTRUM, ONTRON, n. (Forms from Jam.2 orntren, ontron, others from Jam.7 s.v. andrum, antrum.) See also Anterin-time.

1. Afternoon or evening.Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Survey Ayrs. 693, Gloss.:
Ontron, evening.

2. Afternoon or early evening meal.s.Sc. 1887 Jam.6:
The name given to the afternoon or early evening repast; also the time allotted to it.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 20:
Antrum — The name in some parts of the country for that repast taken in the evening called four hours, anciently called e'enshanks.

[O.E. undern, the third hour — i.e. 9 a.m.; in Mid.Eng. also the sixth hour, midday. Occurs in many forms in Mid.Eng. and dial. Eng., and in the other Germanic languages and dialects. Cf. andersmeat (repr. O.E. undern-mete): Florio 1598 has: “Merenda, a repast between dinner and supper . . . andersmeate”; Cotgrave 1611: “Gouster, . . . aunders-meat, afternoones collation.” Some of the Sc. forms, auntrin, anterin, etc., are due to assim. to a word of different origin, Antrin (q.v.), ppl.adj. = occasional, chance.]

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