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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†KINVAIG, n. A small woollen plaid (m., s.Sc. 1869 Athenœum (13 March) 382).Dmf. 1830 W. Bennet Traits Sc. Life II. 211:
A kinvaig, or small woollen plaid not larger than a shawl, wrapt round the head, with its skirts spreading over the shoulders, in the form of a hood sheaf upon a stook of corn.Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 339:
“Kinvaig” — what's that? — a tippet or a maud?

[Orig. obscure.]

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