Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1851-1866, 1953
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‡FUSSLE, v.2, n.2
I. v. To beat sharply, to cuff (Bnff. 1866 D. Bnff. 56). Also with up.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 56:
Fussle up the ill-getit slype.Abd.27 1953, obsol.:
I'll fussle your lugs til you.
II. n. A sharp blow, a hard smack (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 56; Bnff., Abd. 1953).Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes p. vii.:
To have remonstrated would only have obtained for the malcontent "a fussle i' the chafts."
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