Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1858-1898
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SPECULATION, n. Also spaekalation, speckillation, spekilation. Sc. forms and usage: a spectacle, subject for remark or gossip, an object of contempt, a “sight”.Rnf. 1861 J. Barr Poems 216:
Ye're noo a bonnie speculation, It gars me greet wi' sheer vexation.Cai. 1872 M. McLennan Peasant Life 46:
Am sure she winna be ony speckillation tae the pairish by offbraikin' the banns.Edb. 1876 J. Smith Archie and Bess 47:
Dinna mak' a speculation o' yersel', an' sae mony folk lookin'.Lnk. 1858 G. Roy Generalship 7:
If that sideboard gangs out o' here this nicht, we'll be a spekilation baith far an' near.Sh. 1898 J. Burgess Tang 80:
Da laek o dat wid onnly mak a spaekalation among da folk.
