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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1735

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†ILL-SKINNED, adj. See quot. and cf. Ill, adj., 2. (3).Bch. 1735 J. Arbuthnot Bch. Farmers (1811) 64:
If the field be ill-skin'd, that is, have many bare interstices betwixt the parts of the sward.

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