Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†ECKLE-FECKLE, adj. “Cheerful, merry, gay; applied also to one who possesses a sound and penetrating judgment” (Ayr. 1825 Jam.2).
[Origin obscure.]
