Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†WANGRACE, n.2 Also -gress, -grease. A kind of thin gruel made of oatmeal and sweetened with fresh butter and honey, etc., given to invalids (Sc. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety II. 165; Uls. 1953 Traynor, -grace, -gress, -grease).e.Lth. 1730 Earl of Haddington Select Poems (1824) 213:
I gave him wangrace in his bed, And row'd the blankets round him.Mry. 1774 T. Pennant Tour I. 272:
Our natural physicians cure fevers, by making the patient drink plentifully of barley-water or wangress.Uls. 1899 Cent. Mag. (Oct.) 959:
A bowl i' wan-grace, that's what'll put the stren'th intil yer bones again.
