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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1893-1925
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†WHUNG, n., v.
I. n. A ringing or clanging noise.Lnk. 1893 T. Stewart Miners 161:
Cast the kettle wi' a whung.wm.Sc. 1925 D. Mackenzie Macmorro's Luck 22:
The moanin' seemed the very whung O' the keen blade as roon it swung.
II. v. To make a clanging sound.wm.Sc. 1920 D. Mackenzie Pride o' Raploch 23:
An' the sparkin' chuckies whung an' flee Against auld Gilroy's shutter.
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