Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1709, 1821-1882
[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
PATRON, n.2 Also patren. Sc. forms of Eng. pattern (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Now obs. in Eng. exc. dial. Phr. to take patron of, fig., to use as a pattern, imitate, model one's conduct on. [′pɑtrən, still the current Sc. pronunciation of pattern.]Sc. 1709 Analecta Scot. (Maidment 1837) II. 241:
Your other daughters takes patron of them.Ayr. 1821 Galt Legatees vii.:
I hope you have got the box I sent by the smak, and that you like the patron of the goon.Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1863) II. 328:
I gat the tiler at Yarrow-Ford to cut it doun after a patron frae Embro'.wm.Sc. 1837 Laird of Logan 231:
Having got my sempels and patrens a' toshed and in regular order, I [a commercial traveller] packit up my trunk.Sc. 1882 Francisque-Michel:
Scotch ladies dressed in articles of apparel, the patron of which at least was imported from France.
