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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1820

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¶TERN, n. ?Abd. c.1820 in W. Walker Bards of Bon-Accord (1887) 374:
O'er ilk knablick, knap, an' tern, Poor Willie fell.

[The word is not otherwise evidenced and may be due to a misreading of a MS.]

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