Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1908-1929
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ATGAUN, ATGAN, ATGAIN, n., usually pl., atgauns, etc. Also in the form atgeong (Ork. 1949). See geong, Gang, n. Behaviour, ongoings. [′at-gɑnz, -gjɑnz]Ork.(D) 1908 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc., Ork. Shet., etc. I. viii. 318:
Da atgans waar far waar nor a meetin' o' the Glesgow Toon Cooncil.Ork.(D) 1929 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc., Ork. Shet., etc. IX. ii. 78:
Da maakan o' a horseman i' dis wey waas a unco wheer atgain teu.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Atgauns . . . ongoings, behaviour, almost exactly = atfares. Atfares is applied, however, rather to the individual's bearing or behaviour, and atgauns to the objective results.
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