Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1920
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RIDYID, adj. Also -et. Of an animal: having a strip of hair down its back of a different colour from the surrounding hair (Ork. 1929 Marw., ridyet). In Birsay, used only of a white stripe. [′rɪdjɪd]Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 118:
The “ridyid coo” was one having a white stripe down the back; very often the stripe reached from the back of the ears to the tip of the tail.
