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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.

†BESNANG, v. To crush, batter.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 176:
And till he gat its head besnang'd wi' a stane, Black bawdrons wad na let gae.

[This word is not known to our correspondents. The second element may be a nasalised form of snag, a Norse word = a sharp point, which appears first in the N.E.D. in a quot. from Hollinshed 1577–1587.]

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