Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

UNCASSEN, ppl.adj. Sc. form and usages of Eng. uncast. See Cast, v.

1. Of clothes: not faded or worn (ne.Sc., Ags. 1973). See Cast, v., B. I. 11.Abd. 1930:
That's been a gweed wearin claith an' it's uncassen yet.

2. Of peats: not cut (Sh., ne.Sc. 1973). See Cast, v., B. I. 13.Abd. 1930:
I gaed by the moss tae see the peats, but they were uncassen.