Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CREESH, n.2 and v.2
1. n. A dull creaking sound.Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) iii.:
It [dinner-bell] ga'e a creesh an' a clang that knokit a' the sense oot o' Sandy's heid, and wauken'd half the fowk i' the hoose.
2. v. To creak (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein 56).
[Onomat.]
