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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BYSSE, n. A stall for cattle (Ayr. 1938 (per Kcb.¹⁰)).Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 205:
We were fled, ye ken, lyin' quakin' on ane anither's bosoms in a toom bysse in the byre.