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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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APAIRT, adv. Sc. form of apart. See P.L.D. § 51(2). [ə′pert, ə′pɛrt]em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 9:
Syne sindert fit an haun forgaither
That fell in fechtin faur apairt;
A dunnerin dirls amang the banes
As they conjyne frae ilka airt.Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 60:
There's mair expeckit o' them that's set apairt to the eldership.Lnk. 1991 Duncan Glen Selected Poems 59:
pech-stane
I staun wi it and you
and think o the peelie
alane agin the pale luift
and see
eternity in thae twa
and you and me
alane
thegither and apairt.Dmf. 1979 Ron Butlin in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 36:
I seen thae glinterin things come clawin fer ma hairt,
sae mony bricht an brilliant birds they were.
I clapped ma hauns th'gither that they'd stairt
an flee awa,
insteid the haill sky breckt apairt.