Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DIVE, Dyve, n. “The putrid moisture, which issues from the mouth, nostrils, and sometimes from the ears of a person after death” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Hence divie, adj.n.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
A divie corp.Ags. 1794 W. Anderson Piper of Peebles 16:
With odours, and the like, belyve, They drown'd the dreadfu' smelling dyve.
