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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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GEEBALD, n. Also jeebauld. A kind of sickle, “an instrument made of a reaper's hook attached to a long staff, and fashioned for the purpose of cutting nettles and thistles” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., geebald, 1942 Zai; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). Also in Nhb. dial. [′dʒi:bəld]Rxb. 1918 Kelso Chron. (11 Jan.) 3:
Tak' that jeebauld wi' ye an' cut the thrissels on the Haugh.