Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1833, 1887
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†CONNECT, adj. Connected, logical.Ayr. 1833 Galt Scotch and Yankees v. in Blackwood's Mag. (Jan.–Feb.):
“That's a very connect speech” said Mrs Clatterpenny.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 89:
He handed me a Horace and bade me sit doon and give him a connect English translation of the eleventh carmen of the first book of the Odes.
