Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FEED(D)OW, n. “The name given by children to the store of cherry-stones from which they furnish their castles of peps” (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Cf. Paip, Peppoch.
[Cf. Feeder, 3.]
