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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GARBIC, n. See quot. and ? cf. Gerbick.Ork. 1903 G. Marwick Old Roman Plough (1936) 6:
The word garbic is still used in some remote parts of Orkney and means a pit, hollow or concavity, so that the “garbic o' de stimmack” means the pit of the stomach.
