Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BYSK, adj. “Tainted — of soup, etc., sour, ‘gone bad'” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [baɪsk]
[O.N. beiskr, bitter, acrid (Zoëa), Norw. beisk, Sw. and Dan. besk, idem (Torp).]
