Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MELGS, n. The white goosefoot, Chenopodium album (Mry. 1839 G. Gordon Flora Mry. 11; Nai. 1900 R. Thomson Nat. Hist. Highl. Par. 276; Mry. 1935 J. Burgess Flora Mry. 25).
[A variant of *melds. See Myles and Meldweed.]
