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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1902

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SNORT, n.1 A tangle (Abd. 1825 Jam., Kcd. 1971). Also in n.Eng. dial.Abd. 1902 E.D.D., s.v. herrinband:
See that ye tak' the richt en' o' yer yarn after brakin' the herrin-band, an' nae mak' a snort.

[Phs. a conflation of Snorl and knot. Cf. Nhb. dial. snot-snarl, a ravelled skein.]

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