Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1795
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ROOD-GOOSE, n.comb. Also roodgüs (Sh.), rude-; rade-, raid- (Ork. 1825 Jam.); rede(Ork. 1866 Edm. Gl.). The brent goose, Branta bernicla (Ork., Rs. 1825 Jam.; Ork. 1866 Edm. Gl.); the northern diver, Colymbus immer (Sh. 1932 J. Saxby Trad. Lore 198).Rs. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 I. 265:
During the winter storms, there are shoals of sea-fowls on the coast here, such as . . . rood geese, which are esteemed good eating.
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