Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1837-1838
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BUDGEL, n. Also budyel. “Lit. a bag, a poke, and sometimes so used; but generally it implies a bundle, pack, budget” (w. and s.Sc. 1887 Jam.6). Not known to our correspondents.Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 19:
Budyel. A bag kept under the hopper of a mill to abstract some of the meal, a black-bitch.
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