Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHODDIE, n. A natural stone used, roughly dressed, for building (Inv., Mry., Fif., Ayr. 1970). The form shoddoo, found in Ork. meaning a large chunk or lump of anything, may be a variant of this word.
[The word is used in quarrying and ore-mining districts of England and n. Ireland to mean loose or fragmented stones or lumps of ore. Of uncertain orig. Phs. a n. form from O.E. scādan, Eng. shed, to divide. Cf. Eng. shoad, id.]
