Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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INVER, n. The point at which two streams meet, a confluence, the mouth of a river. Very freq. in place-names, alone or in comps., e.g. Inverness, Inveraray, Inverkeithing, but rare as a common n. (Abd. 1950).Sc. 1766 Invercauld Rec. (S.C.) 338:
As a small stripe or burn runs down the same, to the Inver of the said small stripe or burn into the burn of little Cairntagert.Arg. 1798 J. Smith Agric. Arg. 213:
Whenever any large stream has a plain at the foot of it (or inver), so low as to admit of being frequently overflown in the winter.
