Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SLOPE, n., v.1 Also Sc. form sloop (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). Sc. usages in combs.: slope-dook, -heading, -road, in Mining: a roadway driven in at a less steep angle than the incline of the coal-seam (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 61). See Dook, n.3
