Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BONAUGHT, n. “A thick round cake made of oaten meal, baked on the clear turf coal, and often used on the first making of meal after harvest” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.).
[Cf. Bannock and Bonnach Faaly. O.Sc. has a form bon(n)ok, from which come Irish Gael. bonnóg, Sc. Gael. bonnach.]
