Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1818, 1874
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†COLLY, v. To benight, to enshroud in darkness. [′kɔlɪ̢]Slk. 1818 Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck, etc. I. iii.:
By the time that I had won the Forkings, I gat collied amang the mist, sae derk, that fient a spark I could see.Dmf. 1874 R. W. Reid Moorland Rhymes 81:
Oot o' the mids' o' the collied lift richt doon on the howe o' Petrail, The reid jagg'd bolts o' the fireflaucht flichtert and skirr'd alang.
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