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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1725

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†BLASINT, adj. Applied to skin stripped of its hair after being "barkit."Sc. 1725 Ramsay T. T. Misc. (1762) 167:
A treen truncher, a ram-horn spoon, Twa buits of barkit, blasint leather.

[Ofuncertain origin. Not given in D.O.S.T. Same as O.Sc. blasnit given in Bannatyne MS. (S.T.S.) III. Robeyn's Jok, line 66.]

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