Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1773, 1908
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MINN, n.1 Also mijn (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1963); deriv. minni (Jak.).
1. The mouth, a child's word.Sh. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. vii. 270:
God save you, men, and gie da bairn a bit frae wir ferdiemate ta stap his minn wi'.
2. A bay or inlet, an arm of the sea (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 117, 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1963); a sound or strait (Id.). Freq. in place-names.Sh. 1773 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. 13:
A quarter of a mile south from that is a small bay, called Culsitor Minn.
