Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CUE, n.2 (See quot.) Also found in Eng. dial. (E.D.D.).Dmf. 1915 J. M. Corrie Droving Days in S.-W. Scot. 115:
These ox-shoes, or “cues,” as they were popularly called, are “in the form of a rough crescent, or a comma much widened at the head.”
