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Quotation dates: 1853
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CONNECK, v. Gen.Sc. form of Eng. connect (Ags. 1823 A. Balfour Foundling IV. 215, Abd. 1880 W. Robbie Glendornie 172). See P.L.D. §63.2. [kə′nɛk] Used as a n. = connection, link, union. Only in Blair.Ags. 1853 W. Blair Aberbrothock 23, 60, 90:
A' body we had ony conneck wi'. . . . She was my faither's half-sister, an' we aye keepit up the conneck atween ane anither. . . . There was a conneck atween the burghers and anti-burghers i' the year twenty.
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