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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: 1718-1858

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GRATE, n.1 Also †graite; †grat. Sc. usages:

1. A grating. Obs. in Eng. since 18th c.Ags. 1718 R. Finlayson Arbroath Documents (1923) 25:
14 lbs. 12 ounces of Iron for a Grat to the water passage on the strait . . . . £1. 17. 0.
Sc. a.1737 Maj. Fraser's MS. (Fergusson 1889) I. 181:
An old matron came to a graite, and told the Major that a servant would conduct him to another room.
Gsw. 1767 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1912) 253:
To William Lang, smith, £18 16s. sterling for a pedestall foot grate for the touns new hall, and other work.
Sc. 1805 Scott Last Minstrel i. Intro. ii.:
The embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous grate, and massy bar, Had oft roll'd back the tide of war.
Sc. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Revolution III. i. v.:
The grate which led to our quarter opened anew.
Sc. 1858 H. Stephens Farm Implements 373:
The screen is formed in various ways, some makers using a cast-iron grate, with square meshes.

2. A stove (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 173; Ags.19 1954).

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