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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1885, 1960
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LINN, n.3 A kind of fireclay formerly used in the Kilmarnock district as slate-pencil (Ayr.4 1928).Ayr. c.1885 per Dr Wm. Boyd:
In my early days I used slate pencils (a box of half-a-dozen for a penny) which we called linn.Ayr. 1960 Kilmarnock Standard (19 Nov.) 3:
I also collected what we called Craigie Linn from a small burn near Dundonald some sixty-five years ago. I roughly ground it to pencil shape and used it for slate work at school.
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