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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BERRICK, n. Sc. form of Eng. barrack (Lnk. 1890 H. Muir Reminisc. 31, 74-5). Specif. Sc. usage: the sleeping-place of the men-servants on a farm, usu. in an outbuilding (see Chaumer, 2.); a fishermen's hut (Sh. 1814 Irvine MSS.), a hut for the accommodation of female gutters during the herring season (Sh. 1975). [′bɛrɪk]Mry. 1914 J.W.D. in Northern Scot:
The men's berrick was up a wooden stair.

[See Barrack, n.]

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