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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUCKIE, Bucki, n.² The fruit of the wild rose, Rosa canina; a hip (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn., Abd. 1886 Britten and Holland Eng. Plant-Names 70; Abd.¹⁹, Arg.¹ 1936). Also buckie-berry.Knr. 1891 “H. Haliburton” Ochil Idylls 110:
There's no' a buckie, nor a bud, On any brae, in ony wud.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 99:
There are three species of “buckiberries” in the country — a long green kind, good to eat, grows on lofty bushes; another much like them, but grows on higher bushes, and never ripens well; and a third kind, about the size of a sloe, or larger, and of the same colour, which grows on a dwarfish brier, thought to be somewhat poisonous.Tyr. 1929 “Mat Mulcaghey” Rhymes of a Besom Man 32:
The folk who want their flowers cheap, Should seek the foxglove and the whins, The mottled buckie from the hedge Will match the measles on their shins!

Combs.: (1) buckie-breer, -briar, — brier, “a wild rose bush” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn., -breer); “the dog rose, the hips of which are called buckies” (Uls. 1931 “Bangor” in North. Whig (16 Dec.) 9/5, -briar); (2) buckie-lice, “the seed of the buckie; it much resembles lice” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 100).(1) Dmf. 1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie 112:
An' gleg as ony buckie brier.