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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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STRINGLE, n. A thread, string or row of objects tied together, a long, trailing piece or strip of anything (Abd., Ags. 1971).Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xix.:
A stringle o' lammer beads.Ags. 1886 Brechin Advert. (6 April) 3:
Gatherin' stringles o' birdie's eggs.Ags. 1962 Dundee Courier (21 April) 6:
[A shag] trailing from its beak a long “stringle” of seaweed.Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 17:
The Mowatt faimly bedd twa mile up Glen Dubh, heid o a sma brae luikin ower thon sonsie wee burn that raged fite wi watter in winter, bit in spring wis green wi treelipin, sappy stringles o girse at its sides.
