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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1880

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WHEARY, n. Also weary. The goldcrest, Regulus regulus (Bwk. 1889 J. Muirhead Birds Bwk. I. 65).Bwk. 1880 Hist. Bwk. Nat. Club IX. 230:
A wren with a spot on its crown, called the “weary”or “wheary”.

[Phs. imit. of its call.]

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