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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1762-2004
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INTIL, prep., v. Also intill, -tell; intul(l) (ne., m.Sc.); itil(l) (Sh.). Sometimes written as two words. Cf. Atil(l), Intae, prep. Now less common than Intae in m. and s.Sc. [Sc. ′ɪntɪl, ɪn′tɪl; ne. and m.Sc. + ′-tʌl, Sh. ə′tɪl]
I. prep. 1. Of motion: into. Gen.Sc.Sc. a.1763 Child Waters in Child Ballads No. 63 B. xxviii.:
She's taen the hay under her arm The corn intill her han.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 14:
An awful hole was dung intill his brow.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xv.:
Monkbarns had threepit on them to gang in till't to see the wark o' the monks.Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales II. 194:
To learn him mair sense than to gang intill an open well-ee.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xc.:
Willy . . . is gaun intill Glasgow to learn to be a minister.Gall. 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 100:
They didna need tae pit a ha'penny intill the plate athoot they likit.Ags. 1934 H. B. Cruickshank Noran Water 13:
Gang intil the caller air.Bwk. 1947 W. L. Ferguson Makar's Medley 36:
I loup't intil the gig and lookit.Gsw. 1991 James Alex McCash in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 14:
Vital, brent-new, wind buff'd intill the
cauldrife, hyperboreal licht;
Sterling-midwived by the ferme-yaird's scaudin,
self-assignit muezzin, Sc. 1991 T. S. Law in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 32:
alang the stoorie desert pad,
and his scadda raxin slawlie and siccarlie,
cawed attoore the groo pad
ower a binsh o broon lavastane,
intil the thorn buss. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 59:
It wouldna take much imagination or drink to turn one o them into a ghost, squatting there like a puddock watching a fleag. Slurp would go the giant tongue and doon, doon intil the wraith's wizzan wi ye. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 85:
... Edward himsel, when at the Quiere, bade
Wallace betrayed intil his hand. Uls. 2002 Belfast Telegraph 8 Mar:
And a few volts of electricity won't do thet man any horm. Might put a bit of life intil him. Re-chorge his pacemaker or something. Uls. 2003 Belfast News Letter (22 Nov) 40, 41:
A wudnae pit oor doag intil a tent thae nichts bit thae German bhoys wur weel content. ne.Sc. 2004 Press and Journal (28 Jun) 12:
I wis lookin forrit tae gyan tae the gran settin o Drumtochty on Setterday, takkin ower as commentator fae Jimmy McGregor, fa's decidit tae ca it a day noo he's intil his auchties.
Phr.: intil(l)'t, into the bargain, in addition. Gen.(exc. I.)Sc.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 182:
"A per o whings intil't" ['t = boots bought].
2. Of rest: in, within, inside, forming a part or ingredient of (Fif. 1873 D.S.C.S. 209). Gen.Sc., obsol.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 46:
Whan he came in, wha's sitting their [sic] but Jean, . . . Nae jot intil her hand, but greeting sair.Sc. c.1770 Herd's MSS. (Hecht 1904) 181:
She has a tongue intill her head to gie a mettle answer.Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 45:
'Twas in a lanely auld thack'd cot, Intull a moorlan' glen.Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of Lairds i.:
Neither a doctor nor a doze o' physic would keep him intil his room.Ags. 1869 R. Leighton Poems 305:
The Mate cam' up the cabin stair, Wi' his head intil ane clout.Sc. 1874 A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes 234:
"Yes, certainly, I know," urged the inquirer; "but what is intil't — intil't?" "Man," yelled the Highlander, brandishing his big ladle, "am I no tellin' ye what's intil't. There's mutton intil't, and —."Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 90:
Shü's smilin, noo, itill her sleep.m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood iii.:
I wouldna say just what's intil the pie.Edb. 1991 J. K. Annand in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 19:
There grew intil my gairden
A tree o the rosemarie. em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 69:
' ... discovers the auld wife's son John tae hae made a second doll oot o clay, and when they gang tae the cottage they find it where she tellt them tae look, ablow the bolster in his bed, wi three preens intil it. ... '
Phr.: to be intil (somebody), of a pointed or trenchant remark: to be "one" (for someone), to be a hit, dig, thrust (at someone) (Abd., Ags., Slg., m.Lth., Bwk., Kcb. 1958). Cf. Intae, 2. (4) (b).Bnff. 1887 G. G. Green Gordonhaven xiii.:
Well done, Godsman. That's intil him. Hit him again.Ayr. 1889 H. Johnston Glenbuckie vii.:
And what said she to that, noo? That was intil her.
3. Phr.: intil anesel, under one's breath, without uttering (the words). Gen.Sc. Cf. In, II. 4., Intae, 2.(1).Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xix.:
As ye're no used wi' making exercise, it may be as weel for us at the beginning to read a chapter intil oursels.
II. v. To enter (Cai., Abd., Ags., m.Lth. 1958). Orig. from the prep. use with ellipsis of a verb of motion.Ags. 1952 Forfar Dispatch (30 Oct.):
Tae while awa that half-oor I intils a cafe and swallaws a cup o' tea.
