Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1753-1930
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MISGUIDE, v., n. Also misgide.
I. v. 1. To treat in a wrong way, to mishandle, bring up badly, in a state of neglect or positive cruelty, to ill-treat (I., ne. and em.Sc.(a), Uls. 1963). Vbl.n. misguiding; ppl.adj. misguided, mismanaged, ill-contrived; badly brought-up, undisciplined.Per. 1753 A. Nicol Rural Muse 12:
Religion's tost like ony ba' And sare misguided.Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 90:
“He misguides his cloaths” which is a counterpart to the phrase, “he is a good guide of them”.Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet iv.:
They would murder me and my hinnie Willie baith, and they have misguided us enough already.Ags. 1866 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 19:
Mr Strappem had . . . sairly misguided his ain cuits by accidentally pitting his fit into them.Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxii:
When he comes to think that shame o' himsel, I'll tak him to my hert, as I tak the bairn he misguidit.Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xv.:
There were whiles when his dander rase to see the Lord's sants misguided.
2. To waste, to squander, to mismanage (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., ne.Sc., Ags. 1963). Hence vbl.n. misguiding, wastefulness, extravagance; deriv. misguider, a thriftless, wasteful person. Obs. in Eng.Ayr. 1786 Burns On a Sc. Bard viii.:
He ne'er was gi'en to great misguiding, Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in.Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter xi.:
Weel, my gudesire was nae manager — no that he was a very great misguider — but he hadna the saving gift, and he got twa terms' rent in arrears.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xv.:
How he misguided the good things that were lent us for our use here, by a gracious Provider.Ork. 1912 Old-Lore Misc. V. ii. 68:
Hid was no a' misguiding aither at bruk him, for hid was puir yearin' an' cauld snawy winter at meed his kye geong apae liftin'.
3. Phr. to come to grace or guid by misguidin, to come to good after much hard experience, to be humbled by one's mistakes or extravagances, to learn wisdom the hard way.Sc. c.1805 Beggar Laddie in Child Ballads No. 280 A. 15:
She came to gued by grait misgiding.Sh. 1897 Shetland News (15 May):
Wir Gibbie is come ta grace by misguidin' sin' he guid ta bide i' da toon.
II. n. Rough treatment, bad usage.Sc. 1876 Beggar-Laddie in Child Ballads (1956) V. 119:
And for a' the lassie's ill misguide, She's now the young knight's lady.ne.Sc. 1930 Bothy Songs (Ord.) 383:
Yestreen I was the beggar's bride, This nicht I will lie by his side; I've come to good by my misguide, I'm now the young Knight's lady.
