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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1825-1929
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LINT, v., tr., refl. and intr. To rest, recline (Lnk. 1822 G. R. Kinloch MS.). Phr. to lint one's hough, to sit down and rest (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.).Kcd. 1825 Jam.:
He wadna let me lint or I did it.Lnk. 1865 J. Hamilton Poems 35:
She wrocht her wark an' never lintit.Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sketches 10:
So juist lint dee doon again, laek a wise body.Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 14:
Or noo he'd lint his houchs an' banes Wanchancy-like on shiftin' stanes.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Lint thee.
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