Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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HAIL-SALE, adj. Also hale-. Wholesale. Gen. (exc. I.) Sc. Also used adv. See P.L.D. § 32, 32.1.Sc. 1725 Ramsay T.T.Misc. (1733) 206:
For after he the bride had kiss'd, He kiss'd the lasses hale sale a'.Abd. 1761 Abd. Journal (16 Feb.):
Market Pork sold hail-sale in the publick Market of Aberdeen.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 139:
Syne fernziers guid a frae them fa's I' hale-sale batches.Ayr. a.1850 A. Aitken Poems 25:
Guid bless them a' halesale.Ags. 1934 G. M. Martin Dundee Worthies 23:
Nae mair in heather crats he'll deal, In pecks an' lippies nor hale sale.
