Show Search Results Show Browse
Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1796
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
BACKS, n.4 The last liquor to be distilled from a whisky mash.Abd. 1796 Session Papers, Leslie v. Fraser (29 March 1805) 170:
They judged among themselves, that it was the backs or washings of their still pots.
[Poss. an extended use of Backs, n.1]
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Backs n.4". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00087797>
