Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TARNTY, prop.n. Also Tarrnty, Taranty. Sc. form of Eng. Trinity, now obs. exc. in place-names: †1. Tarnty Ha', Trinity Hall, the meeting-place of the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, which on its original site stood on land belonging to the Trinity Friars of pre-Reformation times; 2. Tarnty Fair, -Market, -Muir, (the site of) a once important fair and cattle-market held on the Common at Trinity near Brechin in Angus (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ags. 1972, now hist.).Abd. 1842 Blackwood's Mag. (March) 304:
I'm gain up to the Tarnties (Trinity Church), to get my chil' christened.1. Abd. 1887 E. Bain Merchant Guilds 192:
Lords and Earls and Lord Chancellors having honoured the Auld Tarrnty Ha' with their presence.2. Ags. 1892 Brechin Advert. (7 June) 3:
Liker the brak' o' a Taranty Muir than a meetin' o' rev[erend] gentlemen.Ags. 1929 Scots Mag. (April) 79:
Murdoch asked him if he had ever been to Taranty Fair?
