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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COVER, v. As in Eng., but used with special Sc. meaning in the phrase to cover the table = to lay the cloth (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 143; Abd.9 1940); also used of covering the tables or book-boards in preparation for the Communion service (Bnff.2 1940). The former meaning is given in N.E.D., last quot. 1653.
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