Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GIN, adj. “Greedy of meat” (Ayr. 1900 E.D.D.).
[Prob. a curtailed form of gineough, voracious (see Geenyoch).]
