Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1724, 1789-1844
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ICESHOGLE, n. Also iceshoggle (Sc. 1818 Sawers), -shuggle, -shockle, ishogle; eeshogel (Per.4 1950; Bwk., Dmf. 1956). Sc. forms of Eng. icicle. [Sc. ′əiʃɔgl, ′əiʃɔkl, Per. + ′iʃ-]Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 56:
Bid iceshogles hammer red Gauds on the studdy, And fair simmer mornings nae mair appear ruddy.Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 145:
The lonely tip, at whose dun shaggy sides The rattling ishogles, depending, skim The snowy deluge.Slk. 1818 Hogg B. of Bodsbeck xii.:
Enough to turn the heart o' flesh to an iceshogle, an' to freeze up the very springs o' life!Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xxvi.:
On a winter night when iceshockles are hinging from the tiles.Lnk. 1844 J. Lemon St Mungo 50:
Up the glen the linn Was hung wi' kirstal iceshoggles, A' skinklin' in the sin.
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