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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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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.

MURT-FIN, n.comb. Given as the second dorsal fin of a fish, esp. of a salmon.Slk. 1817 Hogg Tales (1874) 150:
I soon saw by the bells coming up, that there was a fish in the auld hauld; I sees his blue murt fin.Rxb. a.1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) 424:
Every fish to the murt-fin.

[Ad. n.Eng. dial. mort, a salmon in its third year, cf. Icel. murta, little trout, of the same origin as Murt, n.1, above.]

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