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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAIM-FLOOERS, n. (See second quot.) [′bem′fluərz]Ork. 1911 J. Spence in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Shet., etc. IV. iv. 185:
I tha bonny lang daes o' tha voar-time . . . whin da bonny baim-flooers raise bae tha burnside . . . thu wadna fund a bonnier toon under da blew lift o' heevan!Ork. 1915 J. Spence in Old-Lore Misc., Ork. Shet., etc. V. ii. 71:
Baim-flooers, beam flowers, star-formed flowers, chiefly daisies.