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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1908
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MOD, n.3 Also mud(in). The indistinct form or contour of anything (Sh. 1897 J. Jakobsen Norsk in Shetland 121). [mo:d, mu:d]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
To see de mud o' a person; I saw or had de mud o' it . . . I t'ought I saw de mud o' de land.
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