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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
BODACH-BAC(K), BODDACH —, n. “A wedge-shaped peat that has first to be cut out of a fresh peat bank to open the way for the peat-cutting implement” (Cai.8 1936); “the outside peat in a peat bank” (Cai. 1914 T.S.D.C. I., boddach — ). See also Boglo.
[From Gael. bodach, an old man, “a term applied in Gael. to other objects as indiscriminately as Jack. in Eng.” (R.B.). Bac(k) may be either Gael. bac, a bank, or O.N. bakki, idem. See Bakk. n.1, etym. note.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Bodach-bac n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 3 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/bodachback>
