Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1895, 1949
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INFA(A), n. Also infall.
1. The junction of two roads, esp. of an upper with a lower, or of a tributary with a main river (ne.Sc. 1958).Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvii.:
It was near to the infall of the road from Loch Dee that we first gat a sight of those we sought.
2. A wedge; a piece of wood used to repair a split or gap in the timbers of a boat.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 38:
Baith o' dem wis kind a spleet, an' een o' da mid rooths wis brawly weel schowed, so I pat a aik infaa inta him tu, afore I left.
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