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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HINDBERRY, n. Also ¶hyndberry(e); hainberry (Rxb. 1825 Jam., ‡1923 Watson W.-B.); himberry (Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS. XI. 62; Lnk. 1957); hymnberry; and contracted form hine. The wild raspberry, Rubus idaeus (Cld. 1825 Jam., Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 149; ‡Peb. 1957). Occas. used attrib. [′həin(d)bɛrɪ, ′həim-]Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 167:
The [scarlet] hyp and the hyndberrye, And the nytt that hang frae the hesil tree.
Slg. 1818 W. Muir Poems 89:
Frae the rank blue-bells I skiff'd the clear dew That bloom on the Hynd-berry brae.
s.Sc. 1839 Wilson's Tales of the Borders V. 175:
What brambles did we not eat! and what hind or rasp-berries did we not . . . convert into red wine.
Edb. 1877 J. A. Sidey Alter Ejusdem 3:
Haw-buss an' hainberries grow bonnilie.
Arg. 1882 Arg. Herald (3 June):
Silk tashels roon the tail, hingin' in terows, every yin the bouk o' a hymnberry.
e.Dmf.2 1930:
Now what aboot a teeste o' “hine” jeelie, or something o' that kine?
s.Sc. 1931 H. McDiarmid First Hymn to Lenin 20:
My faither wi' his cheeks like hines.

[O.E. hindbęrie, id., from hind, the female deer, supposed to like the plant, the leaves of which are popularly thought to be sought by pregnant animals. Cf. Ger. himbeere, id.]

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