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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1804, 1929

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‡GORDLIN, n. An unfledged bird (Abd.13 1910). Also dim. gordlinnie.Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 3:
Or hath the gled or foomart, skaithfu' beast, Stown aff the lintie gordlins frae the nest?Abd.4 1929:
"Gape, gape, gordlinnie, an' aw'll gie ye a worm," said by school-boys to young birds in the nest.

[Variant form of Gorblin, q.v.]

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