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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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SOUND, n.1, v.1 Also soun, soon(d), sund (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. sound, a noise. [sun(d)]
I. n.
Sc. forms:m.Sc. 1979 William J. Tait in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 37:
A
soond
As faur frae music as the wirds frae
verse,
An yet a catalyst that
cheinged
The doggerel inta poetry.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 18:
Fyles
ye myurr-myurr to me ma leen,
Yer quaverin myowies
thin an smaa,
Sae saft they're scarce a soun
avaa.
Ye're couthy in yer fraisin teen.m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 7:
Fegs
Chris, there's nae end tae yer teemin bairns
An in
the moul there's routh o treasure yet
Mair gowden
lyrics there that bide their hour
Tae soar an
staucher oot o soon an sicht!m.Sc. 1999 John Milligan Fifteen Scots Poems 6:
But
a rare soond breengin intae ma thochts
That lowses
me tae deek, as aye it dis
Tae merk the passin geese
Sc. usages:
1. Comb. sounstick, the sound-post of a violin (Sh., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1971).Bnff. 1844 T. Anderson Poems 29:
The fiddle's back was fairly broken — The sounstick thro' her belly cockin.
2. A rumour, a report (wm.Sc. 1887 Jam.); wide-spread talk or gossip (Ork., ne.Sc., Per., Kcb. 1971). Obs. exc. dial. in Eng.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff 119, 130:
There's a soond aboot yersel', Laird. . . The soond — that is, the couplin' me and Miss McLatchy.Abd. 1969:
There was a great soun about it for week efter. -
II. v.
Sc. forms:w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 84:
Torphichen's
kent in fact as foondit
ver' ne'r a thoosant year
an yet,
wi its auld name that's Cymric
soondit,
yae thoosant mair's a safe-like bet.
Sc. usages:
1. Comb. soundin-box, a board or canopy placed over a pulpit so as to reflect the speaker's voice out into the congregation (Sh., Ags., Per. 1971).Sc. 1887 Stevenson Underwoods 96:
Frae whaur he cocks An' bobs belaw the soundin'-box.
2. Of a child: to cry (Rnf. c.1850 Crawfurd MSS. (N.L.S.) S. 119). Obs. in Eng. since 16th-c. Ppl.adj. sounnan, tearful, weepy, fretful, esp. of a child (Id.).
3. To test (a building) for its acoustics, to try out for sound. Vbl.n. sounin.Abd. 1884 D. Grant Lays 60, 62:
We're gaen to soun' the kirk . . . An' mony a lauch took we aboot The sounin' o' the kirk.Ags. 1892 A. Reid Howetoon 37:
“Ay, ay, David, are ye tryin' to soond 'er?” — meaning the church.Abd. 1895 G. Williams Scarbraes 31:
He consented to soun' the Scarbraes Kirk.
¶4. To scold, take to task, berate.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xvii.:
I b'lieve gin Dawvid didna soun' them aboot it for ance.
