Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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OVEN, n. For Sc. forms see Une. Sc. usages in combs.: oven builder, the long-tailed tit, Aegithalos roseus, from the method of constructing its nest (Slg. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 32). Cf. Eng. dial. oven-bird, id., oven's nest; ‡oven pot, a large shallow three-legged pot used as an oven by being set among the embers of a fire and heaped around with hot ashes (ne. and wm.Sc., Wgt., Rxb. 1964). See Une.Abd. 1961 People's Jnl. (3 June) 12:
“Noo jist fes ben the idder ane — it'll be the oven pot!” I warsled ma wye ben wi' a muckle flat-boddamed pot wi' three feet.
