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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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COMMAN', Command, n. Also commaund. One of the Ten Commandments (Abd.²², Lnk.³ 1937). Gen. in pl. For loss of d, see P.L.D. § 64. [kə′mɑn(d)]Abd.(D) 1920 C. Murray In the Country Places 4:
We can say “Man's Chief En'” an' the shorter “Commands,” But fat was the “Reasons Annexed”?Fif. 1894 J. Menzies Our Town 125: 
Try to remember the tenth commaund.Ayr. 1786 Burns Holy Fair iv.:
Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day.