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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

TAY, prop. n. The name of a Scottish river rising in the hills of Western Perthshire and flowing eastwards past Perth and Dundee to the North Sea. Combs.: 1. cherry of Tay, the smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (Sc. 1905 A. R. Forbes Gaelic Names 388); 2. Tay Water Willie, an inhabitant of Dundee, a Dundonian (Sc. 1899 W. Harvey Sc. Life 209; Ags. 1927 Rymour Club Misc. III. 153, Ags. 1972). [te:; ‡locally təi]

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