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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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EEDOL, n. Also eedal, eadwul. Sc. forms of Eng. idol (Bnff.² 1942, Ags.¹⁹ 1949). See P.L.D. § 45. [′idʌl, ′idwʌl]Slk. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 16:
The storm . . . cut off a wheen o' the creatures, that ye aince made eedals o'.Wgt. 1880 G. Fraser Lowland Lore 170:
A lot o' gaberlunzie monks wi' shaven pows had leev'd in them, in the darksome days o' popery an' eadwul worship.Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. v.:
The Israeleets had gane wud aboot their eedol Baal.Sc. 1993 J. Derrick McClure in A. L. Kennedy and Hamish Whyte New Writing Scotland 11: The Ghost of Liberace 64:
But for aa yon the kirk wes like an eedol...