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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LEEM, n.2 Also leeb. Thin, straggly stalks of corn (Ork. 1929 Marw., leem, leeb). Adj. leebowy, of a corn-crop: thin, scant, straggly.Ib.:
Of very poor, thin, straggling crop: “juist twar-tree leebs.”
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