Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HIDIN(G), vbl.n. Also hoddin and freq. in pl. hidin(g)s, hidance.
Sc. usage: Secrecy, a hiding (place), a secret lair. Comb. and phrs.: hoddin place, hiding place (s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws iii.); in hidings, secretly; under hiding, upon one's hiding, in hiding.Sc. 1722 R. Wodrow Sufferings iii. viii. § 5:
The strictest Searches possible were made for all Wanderers and Persons upon their hiding.Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems I. 6:
Syne whan the mice began to stir, . . . Saw them frae out their hidins peep.n.Sc. 1835 H. Miller Scenes and Leg. 173:
When under hiding, word was brought him that she lay sick of a fever.Gsw. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures 139:
Into ilka hole an' bore, They rin for hidance by the score.Lnk. 1869 A. Wallace Sketches 55:
Did you no ken that for a long time he was a secret drinker, and that the “dry rot” was doing its deidly work in hidings, and eating into his brain?Ayr. 1902 E.D.D.:
He at length got into hidance.
