Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1723, 1910
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†GAWD, v. Of saliva: to fall in slavers or thread-like streams; of a person: to slaver. Sc. 1723 W. Meston Knight 71:
A gawding, whining, sighing Saint, Whose whole Devotion lay in Cant.Abd.6 1910:
When an ox in the plough was frothing at the mouth, they said: "The slivver is gawdin' frae the steer's mou'."
