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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ARGUMENT, Airgument, n.

Sc. forms of Eng. argumentm.Sc. 1999 Herald 12 Jul 12:
Houanever, whan he gies iz his thochts, aiblins Jonty will also lat iz ken i whit wey his airguments dinnae haud fir Norweigen, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, Catalan, Irish Gaidhlig, an sae oan.Edb. 2003:
See you, ye'd cause an airgument in an empty hoose.

Sc. usages: (see quot.)Abd. 1825 Jam.²:
A piece of English, dictated to boys at school, to be turned into Latin; the subject of a version.