Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TUNDER, n. Also tun'er. Sc. forms of Eng. tinder (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.), also in n.Eng. dial. Cf. also Tindle. Comb. tunder-dry, of washed clothes: too dry to iron (Ags. 1973).Sc. 1873 J. M. Galloway Poems 26:
I very near had made a blun'er, As to expose my steel and tun'er.
