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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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ILL-GREEIN, adj. Also ull-greein (Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xiv.). Quarrelsome (n., e. and wm.Sc. 1958). See Gree, v.¹Abd. 1903 W. Watson Auld Lang Syne 40:
They were “a caird, ill-greein' pack.”