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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BIDE, n. [bəid]

1. Pain.Bnff.²; Abd.⁹ 1934:
The teethache's an awfu' bide; I ken nithing muckle waur.Lth. 1825 Jam.²:
Applied to what one endures. A terrible bide, pain so acute as scarcely to be tolerable.m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 221:
It's an unco sair bide for ye ony way, puir body, to hae your feelin's pou'd up by the roots.Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems II. 251:
I trow her heart is beating high — O weel kens mine the bide o't. [See Bide, v., 2 (2). Not given in D.O.S.T.]

2. A stay, prolonged visit.Abd. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood iv.:
“Stoddart's takin' a bide,” folk said.Abd. 1993:
E visitors took a lang bide - I couldna get tae ma bed.