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Quotation dates: 1897-1898, 1949
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RACE, n.3 Also deriv. raiso (Ork. 1929 Marw.). A group of articles propped up to dry, such as peats, turfs, sheaves, etc.Sh. 1897 Scots Mag. (Aug.) 193:
After these "dykes" of peat are somewhat dried, they are turned over, and finally piled into round heaps or "races," called "rickles" in Scotland. The Shetland peat "race" is, however, much larger than the Scotch "rickle," being composed of peats that have reached a more advanced stage of dryness.Sh. 1898 J. Burgess Tang 156:
No, sir, I has a eye to everything, and to show you, sir, as how I takes tally of things, there's fifteen stooks in this race here, sir.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 57:
He wis rivven awa a race o' faels, lavin' da taek gait lyin bare.
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