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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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‡GARIBALDI, n.

1. Sc. usage: the name given to a kind of bun and also to a scone of the muffin type (Sc. c.1880 per J. H. Macadam; Abd., Fif. 1954).Sc. 1909 “Tried Favourites” Cookery Book 150:
Garibaldi Scones. 1 lb. Flour, 2 oz. Butter or Dripping, 1 oz. Sugar, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, 1 teaspoon Tartaric Acid, and sweet Milk sufficient to mix into a soft paste.

2. The spotted orchis, Orchis maculata (Sh.¹² 1965). Cf. Balderrie of which it is prob. a corruption or alteration.