Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MACHINERY, n. Sc. †usages:
1. A factory using power-driven plant.Sc. 1779 Trans. Highl. Soc. I. 173:
The incredible quantity of coals now consumed by machineries.
2. Fatalism, predestination.Sc. 1764 Boswell Grand Tour, Germany, etc. (Pottle 1953) 72:
Think not that I intend to plead machinery and escape from the censure due to the faults which I have committed.
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