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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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MIDNICHT, n. Gen.Sc. form of Eng. midnight, rare in I. and s.Sc.Sc. a. 1835 William Motherwell The Poetical Works of William Motherwell (1849) 59:
My horss he can nocht stand his lane,
(For cauldness of this midnicht air.) Sc. 1858 M. Porteous The Real "Souter Johnny" 33:
Outowre the ulye, midnicht late. Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 29:
Midnicht and the clock's knap
jows the slaw 'oor;
ilka note's a stane's drap
intil the smoor. Dundee 2000 Matthew Fitt But n Ben A-Go-Go 40:
He served in the Malaysian an American Oceans, soomin undeemous distances tae cowp destroyers wi barnacle-mines or foregaitherin wi foreign amphibian regiments in midnicht lagoons tae fecht tae nane had air in their body.