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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶TRING, n A series of things in succession, a row or file (Bwk. 1825 Jam., a tring of wild geese, a tring of stories).
[Orig. uncertain. Poss. simply an irreg. aphetic form of string, or a conflation of this with train.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Tring n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 12 May 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tring>
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