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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEENWAND, n. Any long hollow stalk, esp. of umbelliferous plants.Ags. 1823 A. Balfour Foundling of Glenthorn III. viii.:
For my nibours had faln on ilka side of me, just as the beenwands used to fall before my syth when cutting hey.