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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

GAINSHOT(T), n. Also ginshot; genshot (Ags. 1848 Edb. Ev. Courant (9 Oct.)). See first quot.Ags. 1795 Session Papers, Arbuthnott v. Scott (11 March) 230:
The gainshots were likewise carried off by the same speat: that, by gainshot, he means the cover or lintel of the intake, whether such gainshot be of stone or wood.
Ags. 1839 D. D. Black Hist. Brechin vii.:
The Little Mill was utterly demolished, and the stones of it taken to repair the gainshott or ginshot as it is sometimes called — the wall which defends the north-west side of the Inch.

[Gin, prep.1, 3. + Shot, the spout that carries water to a mill-wheel.]

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