Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1883-1895
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‡RODDLE, v., tr. and intr. To rock, shake, totter, to move unsteadily (Lnk. 1968).Lnk. 1883 A. R. Fisher Poems 56:
Ane gallops on a cutty stool, ane roddles the milk crock.Lnk. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts 132:
A mate wha though thrawart be yer fate, Wad lo'e ye gin to daurkest dool ye'd roddle.
