Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1785, 1897-1904
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‡TENT, adj.1, n.1 Also ¶tint. Sc. forms of Eng. tenth, numerical adj. (Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; I., n.Sc. 1972). Also in Eng. dial. See T, letter, 3.(2).Per. 1785 Session Papers, Mercer v. Williamson Plan:
1 rood, 16 falls, and 8 tints of a fall.Sc. 1897 P. H. Waddell Isaiah vi. 13:
E'en tho' a tent' suld be spared.Abd. 1904 W. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 163:
Your Ball comes aff upon the tent'.
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