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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1768-1769

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†CLASHBARDY, n. ? A broad-axe.Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd (S.H.S. 1938) 196:
A good clashbardy, too, he boot to hae; A durk, a pistol, an' sick things as thae.

[For first element, see Clash, n.1, and Clash, v., 1 (1); for second, cf. Ger. barte, broad-axe, O.H.G. barta, O.Fr. bar′de (Kluge); O.N. barða, a kind of axe (Zoëga).]

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