Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GRAND, n. A spit of rocky beach or narrow point of low-lying land running out into the sea (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Obs. except in place-names. [grɑ: nd]
[O.N. grandi, an isthmus, a strip of beach above the water at ebb tides, Norw. dial. grande, a sand-bank.]
