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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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‡OUT-SEAM, n. Also oot-seam. In shoe-making: an outside seam, in phr. oot-seam awl, an awl for sewing seams from the outside (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 120; I., ne.Sc., Ags., Per. 1964). Cf. Inseam.ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore 20:
Yet thou has given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, oot-seam awls, and in-seam awls.m.Sc. 1986 William Montgomerie in Joy Hendry Chapman 46 9:
Oh Saint Crispin!
what are we in thy sicht
but a set o easie-osie ulie-mooed bodies!
leather tae yark an leather tae bark
leather in o the hole an leather oot o the hole
inseam awls an ootseam awls
heel awls an peggin awls
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