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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1928
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TWEEN, prep. Aphetic form of Atween, between (Ayr. 1783 Burns Corn Rigs i., Edb. 1795 H. MacNeill Scotland's Scaith 122; Slk. 1822 Hogg Poems (1874) 414, Uls. 1953 Traynor). Combs. tween hands, between times, meanwhile (Ork., ne.Sc., Ags., Slg., Lth., Wgt. 1973); tween heid, the part of the reins joining the heads of the two horses in a plough team (Ayr. 1928; Slg., Lth., Ayr., Wgt. 1973).Ags. 1928 A. Gray Songs from Heine 12:
'Tween-hands the blessed angels Are sighin' and sabbin' sair.
