Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1808-1838, 1894-1936, 1988
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RISSOM, n. Also rissim; res(s)um, reisum; raisom; rizzim (Abd. 1825 Jam.). [rɪsm]
1. A single head or ear of oats (Abd. 1825 Jam., Abd. 1913). Also in Eng. dial.Dmf. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 255:
Raisom, resum, an ear or head of corn, detached from the stalk, lying in the field.
2. A small fragment, an atom, a particle, gen. in neg. contexts (Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 153; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Ork., Cai., ne.Sc., ‡Per., sm.Sc. 1968). Also in Eng. dial.n.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
There's no a ressum to the fore.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 106:
To abolish the Toon Cooncil o' every rissim o' imposeeshin.Ags. 1897 F. MacKenzie Northern Pine 47:
Here am I left withoot the seed o' siller, an' no' a rissom o' tobacco!Ags. 1934 H. B. Cruickshank Noran Water 30:
Nae haet or rissom sall be fund Whan Life has dune wi' me.Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 22:
The plooman hauds his wey Oot owre the ley, Happin the livin green Till no a ressom's seen.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 25:
and tae gie til the warl syne
that rissom o aefauld experience
nae ither hais, or can hae. And it's a sair fecht.
