Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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†SADE, n. Also said. Turf, sod, any grass-grown surface, sward; “a sod for burning, a thicker kind of turf, consisting not merely of the surface, but of a considerable part of the soil which lies above the peats” (Lth., Bwk., Lnk. 1825 Jam.).Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 45:
On the very sade to lean, Whar we young and yauld hae been.Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 47:
But here nae trials hae we yet seen made, 'Boon thirty faddoms, Rob, aneath the sade.
