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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1819
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TENON, n. Sc. form of Eng. tendon (ne.Sc. 1972). See P.L.D. §64. Adj. tenony, sinewy, full of muscle, in comb. tenony hough, a cut from a leg of beef.Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xxxiv.:
I daresay this bit morsel o' beef is an unce lighter tha ony that's been dealt round; and it's a bit o' the tenony hough.
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