Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1832, 1991-2000
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TEACH, v. Also taich- (ne.Sc. 1891 A. Gordon Carglen 168). Sc. forms and usage. [titʃ; tetʃ, esp. em.Sc. (a).] Forms: Pa.t. taucht (Fif. 1853 J. Pringle Poems 156; s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 208; Abd. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xlviii.; Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 271; Abd. 1932 Abd. Univ. Rev. (March) 106), tacht (Abd. 1879 W. Skinner That Loon 100) [†tɑxt]; teached (Rxb. 1711 J. J. Vernon Par. Hawick (1900) 75; Sc. 1908 Gsw. Ballad Club III. 171; ne.Sc. 1972). Pa.p. taucht (Dmb. 1846 W. Cross Disruption xix.; Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxviii.; Rnf. 1873 D. Gilmour Pen' Folk 30; s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 208; Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Auld Clay Biggin 84; Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 271); tocht; [†tɑxt]; teach't (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 70; Kcd. 1856 W. Jamie Jacobite's Son 139; Sh., ne.Sc., Per. 1972), teached (Lnk. 1882 J. Carmichael Poems 54; Rxb. 1913 Kelso Chronicle (24 Jan.) 2), now only dial. in Eng. Used pass. in quot. = to accept or be amenable to instruction.Fif. 1832 Fife Herald (23 Feb.):
Our correspondent is one of those who will not teach, nor look on any side but his own.ne.Sc. 1991 Ken Morrice in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 59:
As he was tocht,
the baker skelps his dough,
moulds and bakes his breid. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 50:
In schules, guid-learnin is nae langer taucht,
Bit houghmagandie, merketin,
Industrial pedagogy o reality;
Moral sweirty,
Musical snoozlin.
