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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†BUDDEL, n. Also budyel. A name formerly applied to houses in the Highlands where whisky was sold. Used attrib.Sc. 1747 Grahame of Gartmore Causes of Rebellions in Highlands in E. Burt Letters North Scot. (ed. R. Jamieson 1818) II., App. 344:
As Budel or Aquavitæ houses are to be found everywhere through the country, so in these they santer away their time, and frequently consume there the returns of their illegal purchases.Sc. 1892 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 305:
One day at the preachings in a neighbouring parish the weaver had set up his budyel or greybeard near to the tent. He had hardly sold a single dram when a quarrel arose.
