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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

DEWG, DEUG, n. Found only in pl. = small pieces, shreds. Also deriv. dyuggins, juggins, -ans, id. (Ayr. 1896 Gl. to Galt Provost (ed. Meldrum) II. 273; Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.; 1901 J. W. Byers in North. Whig, Lecture iv.); fragments, smithereens (Arg.1 1930; Uls. 1924 W. Lutton Montiaghisms 27, juggans).Sc. 1693 G. Ridpath Answr. to Presb. Eloquence iii. 66:
Tell them if they stur again, they shall awe be cut in Dewgs.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 278:
As Dewgs of Velvet, Chips of Cristal, A Facon's Bell, or Baubie Whistle.Cai.3 1949:
My claes are a' in deugs.Fif. 1825 Jam.2:
Aw in juggins, all in rags.Ayr. 1821 Galt Ayrsh. Legatees ix.:
Standing upright before the boyns on chairs, rubbin the clothes to juggins between their hands.

[O.Sc. has duigs, pieces, fragments, 1596. Of obscure origin: may be conn. with Du. doek, Mid.Du. doeck, douck, etc., cloth, rag, but the phonological development is not clear. There may be some association in form and sense with Tug, n., 5.]

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