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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: 1825

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†BEAD, n.1 in phr. (See quot.)centr.Rxb., w.Rxb.1825 Jam.2:
To make a bead, "a Scottish phrase, applied when a ring of people is formed on any hurried or important business."

[Prob. from the ring or chain of beads forming the rosary.]

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