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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1700+
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(Spongy,) Spungey, adj. [e.m.E. spungy (1539), spungye (1545); Spong(e n.] Spongy, boggy. — 1701 Brand Orkney & Shetl. 103.
This countrey is generally mossy, soft and spungey
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