Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRACK, n.2 Also trak (Sh. 1923 J. Manson Lerwick 301). Sc. forms of Eng. tract, a short printed pamphlet, usu. of a religious nature (Edb. 1886 R. F. Hardy Within a Mile ii., 1901 J. W. M'Laren Poems 68, Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 92; n.Sc. 1972); sometimes jocularly of a local newspaper (Ags., Per. 1972). See P.L.D. § 63.2.
