Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1824
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†BOUND, v. Used with out, “to swell out, enlarge” (Sc. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 243:
Bunches of tales in prose and rhyme, which help to bound out the wallet of every ballad hawker in Scot.
