Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1850
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†DAP, n. A "dab," a small piece (of anything). In pl. The refuse of grain after threshing, mixed with fragments of straw and chaff (Ayr. a.1850 Crawfurd MSS. (N.L.S.) D.7).s.Arg. c.1850 Flory Loynachan in Colville (1909) 114:
My heart is a' to muilins minched, Brye, smuirach, daps, and gum.
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