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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1956

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BLACKING-GRASS, n. “A wild plant from which a black dye is extracted” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.). Also blackin' girse (Sh. 1975). The plant referred to is meadowsweet, Spiraea ulmaria. Sh. 1956 U. Venables Life in Shet. ix.:
Even in those days blackin' girse and yallowin' girse were already going out of favour.

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