Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FUNGIBLE, n. Gen. in pl. Sc. Law: consumable goods; “moveable goods and effects, which perish in use, and which may be estimated by weight, number, or measure, as grain or coin” (Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot.). [′fʌndʒɪbl]Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles iii. i. § 7:
Whatever receives its estimation in number, weight or measure, is a fungible, as corn, wine, current coin, etc.Ork. 1757 Session Papers, Galloway v. Morton (12 Nov.) 30:
All those who either pay, or receive Rents or Feu-duties in Corn, Oil, Butter, or other Fungibles.e.Lth. 1794 G. B. Hepburn Agric. e.Lth. 93:
They [female servants] were paid in fungibles; such as cloth of different species, suited partly for their wearing apparel, and partly intended for what we call their providing, when they came to be married, such as blankets, etc.Sc. 1924 Acts 14 and 15 Geo. V. c. 27 § 12 (1):
It shall not be lawful to stipulate for a feu-duty payable in grain or other fungible.
