Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†STRUNTY, adj. Short, stumpy, stunted, shrunken, of poor growth (Abd. 1910, Lnk. 1971). Also in n.Eng. dial.Sc. 1756 M. Calderwood Journey (M.C.) 169:
A dead, sandy desert, covered with a poor strunty heather.Ags. 1808 Jam.:
Short, contracted; as, a strunty gown.Edb. 1897 T. Thomson Rhymes 35:
Then oor strunty faes will swither To dae us wrang.Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 68:
The strunty scrog grows green.
