Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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GREENICHTIE, Greenichty adj. Greenish (Bnff., Abd. 1955). [′grinɪti]Bnff.2 1940:
I cud hardly tell ye fit like it wis; it hid a kyn o' greenichtie colour. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 32:
... An the bobbin greenichty lichts
I' the moss on winter nichts.
