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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†CONCERNS, n.pl. “Relations, whether by blood or marriage” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2).Sc. 1818 Edin. Mag. (July) 330:
At the end of seven years . . . if they had been children when they were taken away, they appeared to their nearest relations (in the Scottish language concerns) and declared to them their state.

[A peculiar Sc. extension of the obs. Eng. concerns = belongings.]

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