Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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†BACK-BEARAND, BAK-BARAND, ppl.adj.phr., n. Applied to a thief caught carrying off anything on his back. An old legal term now obs.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley x.:
Infang thief et outfang thief, sive hand-habend, sive bak-barand.Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth I. iv.:
And would you have us now yield up our rights, privileges, and immunities, our outfang and infang, our handhabend, our back-bearand, and our blood-suits?
