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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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KINTRA, n. Also kw- (ne.Sc.); kyuntry, ki-, kj- (I.Sc.); -(a)y, -ie. Variant forms of Countra, Cuintrie, Cwintry, the country.Sc. form of Eng. country.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 2:
It sat as weel in her mou as cut gless, bit the fowk in the toun cudna spikk the braid Scots o the kintra nur gie their wirds the saft lilt that auld Attie spakk, the Scots burr that set the fowk o the Howe apairt frae the lave o the Nor-East.In Combs.: 1. kintra-clash, see Countra, 3. (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 301; Ayr. 1960); 2. kintra clatter, the gossip of the country side, = 1. (Ayr. 1960). See Clatter; 3. kintry claver, id., a fiction. See Claver, n.¹; 4. kintra-cleadin, rustic dress. See Cleadin; 5. kintra-cooser, an entire horse, a service stallion; fig. a rake, a debauchee (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 301). See Cooser; 6. kintra crack = 2. (Fif.¹⁰ 1941). See Crack, n.¹, 5.; 7. kintra fock, country people (Ags., Per., Fif., Ayr. 1960); 8. kiuntryman, countryman; 9. kintry-side, see Country-side (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 301; Ayr. 1960); kintraside.1. Sc. 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster (1873) 6:
There gaed a souch o' kintra clash That he had dreed a sair stramash.2. Ayr. a.1796 Burns Here's His Health 7–8:
I'm slighted sair And dree the kintra clatter!3. Sc. 1897 Northern Muse (Buchan 1924) 232:
The auld blue Hell he thinks a haiver; The auld black Deil a kintry claver; And what is Sin, but saut to savour Mankind's wersh luggies?4. Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 25:
Wi' kintra-cleadin', hame-spun grae.5. Ayr. c.1789 Burns To a Gentleman 33–4:
And no a perfect kintra cooser.6. Dmb. 1868 J. Salmon Gowodean 26:
You've mair to say O' kintra cracks than ony ither ten.7. Ayr. 1789 D. Sillar Poems 39:
When kintra fock gang till a roup.8. Sh. 1862 Shetland Advert. (29 Sept.):
Every een at reads da papers kens at da editors aye ca's demselves “we”, an sae shurely whan ony een is wraetin ta ony o' dem dey ocht ta pit kiuntrymen an no “country man”.9. Fif. 1872 G. Cupples Tappy's Chicks 1:
She's the bonniest hen in a' the kintry-side.Sth. 1996 Gordon Stewart in Timothy Neat The Summer Walkers: Travelling People and Pearl-Fishers in the Highlands of Scotland 103:
Admired by a' when in the yoke
Twa beauties side by side
There's nane I ken can equal you
In a' the kintry-side. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web v:
The Doric o the kintraside rolls roon the mou like the wechty wheel o a tractor, grippit faist in dubs, a slaw moofu o fyew wirds, bit yon fyew deep an meaninfu an wechtit wi pouer.