Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PEN, n.3 A pointed conical hill (Rxb., Slk., Dmf. 1825 Jam.), usu. as a comb. with the name of the hill, as Lee Pen, Ettrick Pen, Penchryst Pen, etc.Peb. 1775 M. J. Armstrong Tweeddale 49:
Hills are . . . variously named, according to their magnitude; as Law, Pen, Kipp, etc.Sc. 1805 Scott Last Minstrel i. xv.:
On my hills the moon-beams play. From Craik-cross to Skelfhill-pen.s.Sc. 1871 H. S. Riddell Poet. Wks. II. 202:
He lorded it wide o'er the Pen o' Skelfhill.
