Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCALDACHAN, n. Also scall-. A nestling, a young unfeathered chick (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes S. Kintyre 12, scallachan). [′skɑldəxən]Arg. c.1850 in L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre (1936) 30:
For like a sparrow's scaldachan I'm gosping night and day.
