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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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MORROCH, v., n.
I. v. To trample in the dirt, to flounder or proceed with difficulty under trying conditions.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 350, 420:
When any thing is trampled in a gutter we say it is morroch'd . . . The deil a scart I got, though I had morroch'd through the mids o't [a battle].Gall. a.1897 Rob Ringan's Plewman Cracks 9:
We had to morrach awa' without the help o' Crummie.
II. n. Gen. in phr. in a morroch, in a turmoil or confusion, in a perplexity or dither (Abd. 1963).
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