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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BEEL-PLEUCH, n. A tractor-plough.Abd. 1932 R. L. Cassie Sc. Sangs 28:
Tam, the wudder lats ye fudder Wi' the new beel-pleuch.

[The word is a nonce formation, the first element phs. representing Norw. bil, an automobile, motor-car. Cassie was a ‘Lallans’ writer.]

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