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From the Scottish National Dictionary
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- Acker n.2 pooshins, an' dey loopid mad an' led da ploo in acker. Akker, minute particles; especially corn trampled' dang't in . , to dash to pieces. Cud ye gimme an acker o' tay t' pit ower Sunday? I forgot t' get ony
- Oof n., v., adj. acker yardie.
- Ack n., v. admission. "Ye're a real acker, Jean," said he, "ye should be on the stage ..."
- Acre n.' shaave (sow) aboot an acker-breeth o' tares alang the ditch-side. — This means that, the length of the
Results prior to 1700
From A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
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- Acre n. about to the Langlocht muir Being all of it in Acker-dale land
- Crop n. ground The loss of the cropt [being computed] to fyve bolls ane acker The fermes, caynis, customes, and
- Thais adj. Christian Broun who had been bedfast thes 8 days Its some 300 acker of land paying about 6 firlots the acker … hes held at on rentall thesse 100 years No bailie in Cullen did ever give saising or infeftment
- Rud n.1 also Ane acker and rud land neir the cittie of St. Androis Wallace … Romde him about a large rude and
