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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1869

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†SCANTLING, n. Sc. usage in comb. scantling-line, a fishing-line with hooks attached, fixed to the bank of a stream and left all night. Cf. Scantack.Crm. 1869 H. Miller Tales and Sk. 219:
To set my little scantling-line for the trouts an' the eels.

[The form is somewhat doubtful. The orig. may have been scantlin(e) (scantling line being tautological), from scant, short, restricted. Cf. Scantack.]

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