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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1764-1788, 1864-1920
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‡FALLOW, v. Also fallae, fallo. Sc. forms and usage of Eng. follow.Sc. 1764 Scots Mag. (April) 196:
Haste, haste, my valiant hearts, he said Anes mair to fallow me.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 26:
She was wantan me to fallow.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxxiii.:
Awa went my feet faster than my head could fallow them.Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs 7:
I've kent her fallae Rob aboot As gin she was the sheddae o'm.
Vbl.n. fallowing; ¶falling. In Mining: see quot. Cf. following, s.v. Follow, v.Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 27:
Falling, an overlying stratum which . . . comes down as the mineral is extracted from under it, sometimes called following.
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