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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1826-1838
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INGROWTH, n. [′ɪn′grʌuθ]
†1. Increase.Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of Lairds xxxv.:
With the ingrowth o' turnip-farming, there has aye been a corresponding smasherie amang the looms and sugar-hoggits.
2. = Income, n., 3., an abscess, tumour or the like (Sh. 1958).Ayr. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 87:
An ingrowth in the knee.
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