Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†PIECE, conj. A reduced form of apiece, Albuist, albeit, although (Kcd. 1825 Jam.).Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 10, 11:
Well mat he brook them, for piece ye had spar'd The task to me, Pate meith na been a laird. . . . Piece long ere than, lowns had begun to spread.
