Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†COUMMIE, adj. “The edge of a tool is said to be so when it does not seem to be good steel, nor well polished” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 143).