Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BENBOW, n. Bent bow, descriptive of the shape.Abd. in Greig and Keith Last Leaves (1925) 93:
But Johnnie has breskit [strung] his good benbow.
