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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1800-1815, 1941
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DUNGSTEAD, n. A midden, a dung-hill (Peb. 1802 C. Findlater Agric. Peb. 169).Fif. c.1800 G. Gourlay Old Neighbours (1887) 94:
Inhabitants with outside stairs must keep their midden or dungstead within line of the same.Peb. 1815 A. Pennecuik Works 73, Note:
Peat . . . laid under as a bottom to the dungstead, and then mixed with it.Kcb.1 1941:
Rather late this spring I asked a neighbouring farmer if he could give me a load of manure for my garden. "Aye", he said, "but ye'll hae to wait till it's made. The dungstead's empty."
