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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FULLYERY, n. Foliage; leafy ornamentation. Arch.Sc. 1926 “H. M'Diarmid” Drunk Man 83:
What gin the gorded fullyery on hie And a' the fanerels o' the michty ship Gi'e back mair licht than fa's upon them ev'n.Sc. 1935 W. Soutar Poems in Scots 38:
Younglin' and green wi' fullyery.Sc. 1995 David Purves Hert's Bluid 36:
Here a blekkie set hir craig agin the wyre
that wes sae eydent yerkin wurms yestrein,
an liltin sangs amang the fullyerie
