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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶WANGUS, n. A crane for pots hung over a fire, a Swey (see quot.).Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. ii.:
The foreman an the orra man got a big rung o' a stick, pat it throw the bow o the bait pot, linket it on tae the wangus and swung't on the fire tae boil . . . the wangus wis a big timmer swey wi' the stoke o't stanin' in the richt han' neuk o' the hoose.