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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DISHEALTH, n. Ill-health, illness (Cai.⁷ (rare), Bnff.², Abd.⁹, Ags.¹⁷, Fif.¹⁰ 1940).Bnff. 1783 in A. and H. Tayler Lord Fife and his Factor (1925) 153:
Your mother . . . desired me to inform you, that reduced by dishealth . . . she is obliged to retain an old woman to assist her.Abd. a.1880 W. Robbie Yonderton (1929) xxvii.:
There's ey some bit jobbie adee fan there's dishealth in a hoose.Abd. 1912 Abd. Free Press (1 July):
The present dishealth among cattle in Orkney.Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS.:
“Do you know a woman who is lying ill there at present?” “I hinna heard o' ony dishealth” says Tam.