Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DICK, n.3 (See quot.). Cf. Scribble-dick, idem.Slk. 1744 T. Craig-Brown Hist. Slksh. (1886) I. 567:
Wool was still carded by hand, or by a contrivance called “a dick,” hardly less clumsy.
