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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1813-1832

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STRONE, n.2 Also stron. A headland or promontory, esp. one that ends a range or ridge of hills, a snub of land. Freq. in place-names. Only in liter. use in Hogg as a common noun.Sc. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 213:
Bold Tushilaw, o'er strone and steep, Pursues the roe and dusky deer.
Sc. 1832 Hogg Queer Book 370:
Swift came the maid ower strath and stron.

[Gael. sròn, a nose, a headland.]

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