Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶OE, n.2 A small island. Only liter.Sc. 1817 Scott Harold iii. x.:
I love my fathers' northern land, Where the dark pine-trees grow, And the bold Baltic's echoing strand Looks o'er each grassy oe.
