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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1927

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BOSEY, adj. Ghostly. [′bo:zi]Gall. 1927 Times (4 Oct.) 17/5:
A stell, which the natives call the Bosey (ghostly or haunted) Stell, [a name derived from] a group of prehistoric graves, of the single slab type, whose occupants had doubtless furnished the ghosts.

[Prob. from Bo, n.1, a hobgoblin. See also Stell, a shelter for sheep or cattle.]

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