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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GATE-EN(D), n. comb. Also gait-. Lit. = road-end, hence immediate neighbourhood (Sc. 1818 Sawers; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Ork. 1931 in Orcadian (7 May), Cai., ne.Sc., wm.Sc.¹ rare, Dmf., Rxb.⁵, Slk., Uls.⁴ 1954), place of residence, quarters, locality.Mry. 1806 R. Jamieson Ballads I. 293:
And a' the young hizzies were watchin', A' round about that gate en', . . . in hopes they mith catch him.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxxvii.:
It's a great pleasance to me to see and hear of a lad from our ain gait-end, that has done so weel as they say ye hae.Abd. 1853 W. Cadenhead Flights 189:
Naething's suffered greater change than has our Aul' Gate-en'.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 35:
The like o'd wus niver heard o' i' this gate-end.Kcb. 1895 Crockett Bog-Myrtle iii. iii.:
Gang yer ways ben, minister, to your ain gate-end.Bwk. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 263:
Gin they'll but keep their ain gate en' . . . It's a' the same to me.Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 11:
The whole gate-end kens = all the neighbours know.