Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1799-1972
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TOLL, n. Also towl. Sc. form and usages:
1. Combs. and deriv.: (1) toll-bar, as in Eng., applied gen. in Sc. also to the toll gate-keeper's house, many of which are still in use as ordinary dwelling houses, and to the turnpike-road itself (Sc. 1825 Jam.); (2) toll booth, see Tolbooth n., v.; †(3) tollie, -y, towlie, a nickname for a toll-collector (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 452, towlie; Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 194; Abd. 1905 E.D.D.); (4) toll-road, a road on which tolls were charged, a turnpike road (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Hist.; (5) toll-roup, an auction-sale of the right to collect tolls on a turnpike road; ¶(6) toll-tax, the toll paid at a turnpike; (7) toll-ticket, see quot.; (8) toll-wife, a female toll-collector.(1) Kcb. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 248:
A whuskey wife leeve't at the Bruntstick Towl-Bar.(3) ne.Sc. 1884 D. Grant Lays 76:
When the Tollman cam' an' shook him . . . "Fan did ye come here?" cried Tollie.Ags. 1925:
He was tolly at Roundyhill for mony a a year.(4) Per. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Per. 359:
There will soon be a toll-road between Crieff and Comrie.Kcd. 1849 W. Jamie Effusions 25:
Nae wonder though my heart be wae To see our toll-road slichted sae.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii.:
He preferred it to "the toll road."ne.Sc. 1891 A. Gordon Carglen 21:
Travellers on the long-winding toll-road.(5) Per. 1879 Harp Per. (Ford 1893) 346:
At the toll-roup I had nae nerve, (I kept a bidder in reserve).(6) Ayr. 1896 D. Mackie Village Sk. 71:
She levied with kindly word the toll-tax from passing vehicles.(7) Lth. 1885 J. Strathesk More Bits 99:
A "toll-ticket", available for that day only, stating that it cleared the following toll-bars.(8) Fif. 1872 Mrs Cupples Tappy's Chicks 147:
With the kindly assistance of the "toll-wife".
2. A checkpoint on a turnpike road where tolls were collected, a toll-bar (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 129). Gen.Sc., now only surviving in place-names.Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds xxviii.:
The drink took his head, and he fell on the road at the toll.Edb. 1839 W. McDowall Poems 108:
Just as he had reached the toll.Hdg. 1844 J. Miller Lamp of Lothian (1900) 224:
Near the north-east port toll.Bwk. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 II. 229:
Both roads are Macadamized, and the tolls are without the parish.Slg. 1901 R. Buchanan Poems 143:
Frae the 'Gardeners' Ha' ' to the 'toll'.Gsw. 1972 Glasgow Herald (31 July) 1:
In Eglinton Street and Pollokshaws Road, near Eglinton Toll.
