Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1773, 1855, 1920
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BASSIE, n.1 An old horse. See Baussie. [′bɑsɪ̢]Sc. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 720:
Bassie . . . an old horse.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 41:
How big a birn maun lie on bassie's back, For meal and multure to the thirling mill.Kcb.1 1920:
Bassie, an old horse . . . I have heard often.
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