Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1880-1904
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‡PARL, n.1 Also parle (Abd. 1949 [R. Duthie] Fishing Villages 32). Sc. forms of naut. Eng. parrel, a ring fixed to the mast of older types of fishing boat to control the raising and lowering of the sail. In Ork. usage in deriv. parly, a boat using this type of rig, also parl(e)y-boat, id.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 114:
Mind ye I'm sailan' i' a parly, Boon wi'auld-faran' graith.Abd. 1892 Trans. Bch. Field Club III. 15:
Old fishermen speak of the parle, meaning by this a ring round the mast for fastening the sail.Ork. 1904 Dennison Sketches 1:
He an' his t'ree sins ruggid an' rave at a muckle parly boat till dey got her on de water.
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