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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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INDWELL, v. tr. Also -duell, -dwall. To dwell in, inhabit, occupy (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Now only fig. in Eng.Sc. 1768 D. Herd Sc. Songs 79:
We aw him nought but a grey groat The off'ring for the house we in-dwell.

Hence indweller, -dwaller, an inhabitant, resident, occupant, one who lives in a place (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 121; ne.Sc., Kcb., s.Sc. 1958, indwaller). Now fig. or arch. in Eng.; indwelling, a dwelling, habitation (Sc. 1787 J. Beattie Scotticisms 47).Gsw. 1711 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1908) 457:
John Anderson, writer, indueller in Gorballs.Abd. 1714 Sc. N. & Q. (May 1935) 78:
I shall vote no person to be Provost, Bailie nor Counsellor of this Burgh, except Burgesses and actual indwellers within the same.Rxb. 1733 J. Wilson Hawick (1850) 140:
Matthew Foulden, from Jedburgh, under notorious scandal, having taken a house in the town, the bailies and council resolve not to receive him as an indweller.Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality vii.:
The barony of Tillietudlem, baith in the person of its mistress and indwellers, has incurred sic a disgrace.Abd. 1877 W. Alexander Rural Life 12:
These “yards” . . . are so placed, in fact, that a stranger could hardly guess from the position of any one of them to which of the indwellers it belonged.Kcb. 1898 Crockett Standard Bearer i.:
My father . . . had been all his life “indweller” in the hill farm of Ardarroch.e.Lth. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 150:
Thae Scots play'd at “drums” wi' claymores on the crouns O' the indwallers braw!