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Quotation dates: 1805-1831
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RANCIE, adj. Also rancy, ransie. Appar. only in Fife. Having a ruddy complexion, high-coloured, florid, fiery-faced.Fif. 1805 J. Fleming Poems 69:
Their lugs were red and rancy.Fif. 1825 Jam.:
A ransie-luggit carle, an old man who retains a high complexion.Fif. 1831 Fife Herald (3 Nov.):
She's a fat rancy hizzie yon maid o' his.
