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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1897

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SPRAICH, n.2 Also sprauch (Fif., Lnk., Ayr. 1971). Only in phr. spraich of day, daybreak, break of day. [spreç]s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws xvii.:
You can come back at the spraich o' day.

[Altered form of scraich, Skreek, by confusion with Skraich, Spraich, v., n.1]

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