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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.

†BEETRAW, BEETRIE, n. “The red beet, a root; more commonly Beetrie” (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.2).Sc. 1743 R. Maxwell Select Transactions 271:
The skin of the apple is of a deep red, and the inner corr [core] cuts red like beetraw.

[Fr. betterave, id.; Fr. bette, beet, and rave, a radish; Lat. bēta, beet, and rāpa, a turnip.]

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