Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1722, 1791-1801
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CRAIGY, adj. Rocky, covered with crags (Bnff.2, Abd.2, Fif.10 1940). [′kregi]Sc. 1722 W. Hamilton Wallace vii. 154:
I see no Way they have from us to fly, But Waters deep, and craigy Mountains high.Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 111:
There's few like you can tent a flock; Frae boggy holes an' craigy rock Ye weir them by.Ayr. 1791 Burns Lament for Glencairn (Cent. ed.) i.:
Beneath a craigy steep a Bard, Laden with years and meikle pain, In loud lament bewail'd his lord, Whom Death had all untimely taen.