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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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‡EEVERY, n. Sc. form of Eng. ivory. See P.L.D. § 45.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xxvi.:
By warrant of the Sherry, with an auld chair in ae hand and an eevery hammer in the ither.