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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ACAUSE, conj., adv. [ə′kɑ:z sm.Sc., s.Sc., Dwn.]
1. conj. Because.Sc.(E) 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. of Christ I. xi. 15:
Acause they socht till cuddem theirsels frae a' warldlie craikins, an' sae cud hing wi' their haill hert tae God.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 23:
And noo ye come rantin at my door
as gin I wis less a Scot acause
I see nae point in braakin the Union?m.Sc. 1990 Douglas Lipton in Hamish Whyte and Janice Galloway New Writing Scotland 8: The Day I Met the Queen Mother 67:
Wasps - Aye, weel, Ah tellt thaim, it's acause whitevir Ah say's got a sting in its tail.Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 28:
They mak a point o' soondin the “l” in Dal, Pol, Bal, an Col, acause the puir ignorant English, yt kens nae better, dis't that wey.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 38:
He wadna gang acause he was feard.Dwn.(D) 1886 W. G. Lyttle Sons of the Sod xv. 71:
A wuz studyin his interests as weel as yours . . . acause you would hae got an addition tae yer rents, an' sum o' the neibors wud a given Corney a cumfortable home.
2. adv., in prep.phr., acause o', on account of.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 38:
He coudna walk acause o' his sair feet.
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