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- Aigars n., pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1929.) The singular form aigar survives only in the following compounds: (1) aigar-brose (see quots.); (2) ‡ aigar-meal , aiger- , egger- (see quots.). (1) Sc. 1929 F. M. McNeill Sc. Kitchen 198: Aigar (Oatmeal) Brose. — Put into a bowl two handfuls of oatmeal. Add salt and a piece of butter. Pour it to form knots. n.Sc. 1808 Jam. : Aigar-brose , a sort of pottage made of this meal [ sc . aigar-meal , see below]. (2) Sc. 1888 Ramsay of Ochtertyre Scot. in 18th cent. II. 202. : Aigar-meal is meal made of grain treated in the manner described in the above definition. Per. 1898 G.W. in E.D.D. : It is known to many old people in Thornhill, but the word [aigar-meal] is
- Cadger n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1964: Cadger's Brose is like aigar brose [see Aigars ], only the meal is placed among boiling water in a little
