Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1743, 1929
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CHAD, Chadd, n. “Gravel, such small stones as form the bed of rivers” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam., chad; Mry.1 1925); “subsoil; earthy matter taken from stone quarries” (Abd.7 1925). Known to Bnff.2, Abd.2, Abd.9 1939. [tʃɑd]Ags. 1743 Dundee Kirk Session Records (16 May):
He shall lay no Chadd or Channell upon the Ground.
Hence chaddy, gravelly; chady hole, a sand- or gravel-pit (Ags. 1890). Abd.(D) 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 10:
Ye got a coorse, chaddy rig, 'at defiet ye to mak' as gweed a job's me.
