Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶TRANGENT, adj. Occasional, dotted here and there, a variant spelling and usage of Eng. transient. [′trɑnʒənt]Ags. 1853 W. Blair Aberbrothock 73:
The Bowg an' Fisher Acre, wi' a trangent hoose here an' there.
