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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1633
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(Hald-,) Had-dog, n. In the mod. dial. of Shetland as ha(a)d-dog, a dog trained to seize and hold sheep. — 1633 (1711) Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 22.
The wild ones [sc. sheep] are taken with dogs, taught for the purpose, they call them had dogs
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