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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLIDDER, n. A small loose stone on a hill-side (‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); gen. in pl. = a scree. Also in Nhb. dial. Also attrib.Sc. 1799 in Lockhart Scott (1837) I. ix.:
Among the glidders gray, A shapeless stone with lichens spread.Rxb. 1867 Hist. Bwk. Nat. Club V. 360:
Long trains of stones or glidders extending from the summit of the minor hills [of Cheviot] to their base.Rxb. 1909 W. Ogilvie Whaup o' the Rede 14:
Wat o' Harden laughed till the moss-hags shook And the stonechat rose from the glidder nook.