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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CARRY, n.² “A weir or mill-lead” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.). Not known to our correspondents.Sc. 1766 State of Proc., D. Macdonald v. A. Dk. of Gordon, Prisoner's Proof 9:
By reason of the lowness of the water, that the fish could not get over the carries.Sc. 1883 Lord Saltoun Scraps II. 80:
Just above the Lady's Stream [of the Ness] is the Black Stream, across the foot of which a carry or dam runs diagonally . . . and before the Caledonian canal was made directed water to a mill on the northern side.