Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FIORIN, n. Also fjorin, fjora (Jak.). The ebb-shore, the foreshore (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928)); “now only used by flshermen as a tabu-word at sea in the sense of limpets, because these are found on the beach” (Jak.).
[O.N. fjara, the ebbtide, foreshore, the -n representing the suffixed definite article.]
