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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BINDER, n. [′bɪndər]

1. Cold, dry wind which makes the earth dry and hard or “binds” it.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); Sh.4 1934:
A dry b[inder]; a cauld b[inder].

2. (See quot.)Ib.:
A b[inder] o' frost, black-frost, prop. frost which merely “binds” the surface of the soil.

3. A halter or rope for binding an animal, prob. = Bindle, n., 2. Hdg. 1788 Scots Mag. (Jan. 1897) 153:
To halters and binders to the gin horses.

[See Bind, v., 2 (1). Cf. Bieenter.]

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