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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.

Quotation dates: 1808

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†BALLANT-BODDICE, n. (See quot.)Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Ballant-Boddice. Boddice made of leather, anciently worn by ladies in S[cotland]. . . . The term is still used by old people, S.B. [Northern Scotland].

[Ballant is a variant of baleen, whalebone, forming the stiffening of the bodice. O.Sc. ballane, balling, balene, etc., O.Fr. baleine, balaine, Lat. balæna, whale. "Fyve dossane of balene bodies," 1643 Edinb. Test. LX 269b (D.O.S.T.). For addition of t cf. suddent = sudden.]

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