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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GARE-BRAINED, adj.comb. Crazy, hare-brained. Also †in Eng. dial.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxxii.:
Thou silly donnot . . . does thou think to burden us with this goose, that's as gare-brained as thysel?
Hence contr. to gare, id.Edb. 1816 C. L. Ramsay Poems MS. 32:
A' the ills o' Life are awaken Whan thinking on thee I'm like to gang gare Sleeping or wakin my feelings are shaken At losing the Lassie wi' virtues sae rare.
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