Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1834-1914
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ASSIE, ASSY, AISSY, adj. Full of ashes, smeared with ashes, of an ashy colour, dirty.Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 52:
He [= it] luckid vero assie like i' the sooth-wast.Bch. 1914 Mry.2:
The aissy tods o' Broadsea (Abd. ne. coast) — i.e. nickname of the inhabitants.Lth. a.1882 "J. Strathesk" Bits from Blinkbonny (1882) 264:
The coals are unco assy hereabouts.Slk. a.1835 Hogg Tales, etc. (1837) IV. 210:
As mony leddies and gentlemen war to be there to see the race he didna like to appear afore them like an assi whalp. [Applied also to a kitten or a skatternly girl, "an assie-looking craiter."]
