Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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NON, n. Also none (Ags. 1890 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 383). Sc. Church Hist.: abbr. form of Non-intrusionist s.v. Intrusion. [non]Ags. 1881 J. S. Neish Byways 12:
Any little tit-bit in the ecclesiastical world was greedily swallowed by the hungry gossips, and we may be sure those who bore a grudge against the “Nons” rubbed their hands with ecstasy over the scandal.Sc. 1892 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 359:
It was the days of the Non-intrusion controversy, and all Scotland was occupied in discussing patronage. . . . With what glee he told us that, every Sunday, as he passed the conventicles of the “Nons”, he blew a fierce blast of “Defiance!”Abd. 1926 Abd. Univ. Review (March) 115:
That wiz forty sax an' the 'ear 'at the Nons cam' oot was seerly afore that.
