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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BINNER, BINTHER, v. and n.1
1. v.
(1) To knock; to move with a noise.Mry.1 1925:
Binner, binther, to knock loudly, to rumble.Mry. 1928 W. E. C. Clarke W.-L.:
There was a lass binnerin' at the door.Bnff. 1933 M. Symon Deveron Days 35:
As I binnered back the bed door To see what 'twas o'clock.Abd., Mearns, Fif., Lnk. 1825 Jam.2:
A wheel is said to binner, when going round with rapidity, and emitting a humming sound.Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 243:
Syne — whare's the hearth, and whare the chips — Ye [Robin Redbreast] binner to the thorn.Uls.2 1929:
Binner, to go along quickly.
(2) “To run, or gallop, conjoining the ideas of quickness and carelessness” (Abd., Mearns 1825 Jam.2).Abd. p.1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 181:
To see the lambs come binn'ring down the brae.Abd.2 1934:
The horse cam' binnerin' in tae the close, as if he had run awa.
Hence binneran, vbl.n. “(1) the act of walking with much noise. (2) The act of working with much energy. (3) The act of striking so as to produce great noise. (4) Great noise” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 217).
2. n.
(1) A noise.Mry. 1914 R.C. in T.S.D.C. I. 21:
Binthers o' thunner.Bnff. 1923 Bnffsh. Jnl., Hamlet in Homespun (27 March) 7:
He'll hae's fling, an' kick up a gey binner or he gets his nichtlins waucht o' Rhenish.Abd.7 1925:
Binner, a rattling or rumbling noise, like that of cart wheels on a frost-bound roadway.
(2) Speed, a run.Abd.(D) 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 17:
The win' wis i' ma back, an' dreeve ma afore't at a binner nae mowse.Bch.(D) 1926 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Rev. (July) 221:
Dyod, ye cam in wi' sic a binner 'at A thocht a' the warlicks i' Buchan wiz at yer tail.
(3) †“A quantity of work done” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 217).
(4) A flurry, state of agitation. Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Benachie 50, 163:
Aye, if he wis comin' in his fite claes, bodybulk, I doot ye wid be a' in a binner, as weel's the horses. . . . I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt.
Hence binner, adv., “with much noise and force” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 217).
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