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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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ORIGINAL, adj., n. Also originall; oreeginal (m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick iii.), oreejinal (Abd. 1914 J. Leatham Daavit 46). Sc. forms and usages. [ə′ridʒɪnl]

I. adj. As in Eng. Phrs.: 1. Original Seceder, — Secession, see Seceder; 2. original sin, (1) an illegitimate child (Sc. 1825 Jam.); (2) a term for a debt lying on an estate to which one succeeds (Cld. 1825 Jam.).

II. n. Origin, birth, descent (Abd. 1964); birthplace (Id.). Rare or arch. in Eng.Sc. c.1730 in W. F. Skene Highlanders (1837) I. 156:
These are subdivided into smaller branches of fifty or sixty men, who deduce their original from their particular chieftains.Ayr. 1822 Galt Provost xxv.:
He was in his original, a lad of the place.Abd. 1920:
He was in Aberdeen afore he cam here, but I dinna ken fat was his oreeginal.