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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
PARAGO, adj. Also paragray. Of wool or worsted: greyish in colour, made up of a mixture of black and white threads, marled (Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[Phs. a variant of obs. Eng. paragon, a kind of mixed worsted or poplin material, which may have been popular in this particular colour in Ork. O.Sc. parego, 1631.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Parago adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 24 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/parago>
