Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUNTIN, BUNTON, n.3 A wooden cross-stay in a shaft; a support for shaft slides (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 14, bunton).Hdg. 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie xxiii.:
He dared not cause a reversion of the cages, lest they should be crushed to death, in the descent of the one, or strangled among the buntins, or cross-trees, by the ascent of the other.
