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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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‡ONWAL, adj., n. Also annwal (Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 12), anuwal. Sc. forms and usage of Eng. annual. See P.L.D. § 48. [′ǫnwal]

I. adj. As in Eng.Abd. 1887 J. Cowe Jeems Sim 14:
The occasion o' the annwal cleanin'.Abd. 1920 C. Murray Country Places 10:
His onwal wauger laid an' won At some bonspiel.

II. n. 1. As in Eng., an annual journal or magazine.Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 150:
What for didna you send me out a' the Anuwals o' the year, as you promised?

2. Annual interest on money (Cai. 1940). See also Annual.Abd. 1882 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 99:
There wud be some eese o' 't lyin' i' the bank wi' nae owreturn, an' only a triffle onwal at the year's en'.