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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.

†UNCORN, n. Poor quality oats; used fig. = Eng. wild oats (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). See Corn, n.1, 3.Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis:
In some places of Scotland they say, that one hath sown his uncorn.

[Un-, = bad, useless (cf. On- in Onbeast, Du. onkruid, Ger. unkraut, a weed) + corn. O.Sc. oncorn, poor corn, 1513.]

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