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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CHICK-MARLY, n. comb. “A hen gray and black” (E.D.D. Suppl.). Also attrib. [′tʃɪk′mɑrlɪ̢]w.Sc. 1902 J. E. Wood Farden Ha' 272:
He pit his best chick-marly hen on them [eggs] and invited his freens tae see them when they cam' oot.

[From chick = chicken, fowl, + Marly = spotted, speckled.]

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