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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1897
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KUBBIE, n. Also kubbi, kobbi. A hollowed stone or wooden trough for feeding a pig or for pounding grain (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1938 M. Powell 200,000 Feet on Foula 311, Sh. 1960). Dim. kobbek, a wooden vessel, a small tub (Jak.).Sh. 1897 Jakobsen Dial. Shet. 33:
The box or hollowed out stone, that the pig eats its food out of, is called in Unst and Foula "de grice kubbi", which name is more properly applied to the stone, which was the utensil formerly used.
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