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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1824

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†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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