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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FALLOW, n.² Sc. usages in combs.: †1. fallow-break, the period of fallow in crop-rotation. See Brak, n. 1. Also fig.;

2. fallow-chat, the wheatear, Saxicola oenanthe (Bnff. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Chron. Keith 280; Bnff.⁹ 1950); †3. fallow money, money paid to farm servants as wages in lieu of grazing for sheep.1. Sc. 1827 Scott Journal (1890) II. 81:
Lying lea for a little, while taking a fallow-break to relieve my imagination, which may be esteemed nearly cropped out.3. Bwk. 1845 Stat. Acc.² II. 307:
£3 of sheep-money, as it is called in this parish, or fallow-money, as it is named in some other parts of Berwickshire.