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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: 1959-2000
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THOUSAND, n., adj. Also Sc. forms thoosan(d), thoosant, and I.Sc. toosan, tousand. Sc. form of Eng. thousand. See D, letter, 2. and T, letter, 9. (v). [′θuzən(d)]
Sc. forms:wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 54:
Wee books ae crime stories fur thruppence
Picturs ae important men an a thoosan an wan ither itemsm.Sc. 1996 John Murray Aspen 3:
but och whitna creed could jalouse
a curse pit on a skaithless tree
whase leaves whiles bleeze wi gowden fire
that smoorsna or skinkle siller
rain that faasna, that jig an reel,
whiles sing in a thoosan distant
unkent tongues,m.Sc. 1997 Liz Niven Past Presents 17:
At Jan Palak Square
A mindit on oor ain martyrs,
A thoosan mile awa.
Twa wummin, young an auld
Droont ower the heid o releegion
In Covenantin times.em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 15:
Sae the sax days' darg o God is skailt.
An brocht by fire tae nocht again.
But Lord, sae great thy gear ye'd loss
A thoosan warlds an hardly ken!Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 15:
This waddin's cost five thoosan poon,
A dauchlin guest did say.
An sae it sud! Like Hollywud,
The cameras birred and cleek't.
O photies wi their finery,
Thon fowk wad nae be swick't.w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 5:
A'm oan the broo!
Ur you?
Ay, A took ma two thoosant redundancy.
Sc. usages in combs.: 1. toosanfeet, the centipede (Sh. 1948 New Shetlander No. 9. 20, Sh. 1972); 2. thousand-leaved clover, the common yarrow, Achillea millefolium (Bwk., Rxb. 1905 E.D.D.). Also in n.Eng. dial.: 3. thoosantaes, = 1. (I.Sc. 1905 E.D.D.; Sh. 1972).1. Sh. 1959 New Shetlander No. 51. 12:
Clocks, toosan-feet, moratoogs.
