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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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EID, Ed, n. An isthmus, or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of a wik having a lagoon inside it (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.; 1908 Jak. (1928), ed; 1914 Angus Gl.). Now surviving only in placenames (Sh.¹¹ 1948). The Ork. form is Aith (Ork.¹ 1942).