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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1928, 1993
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DRYACHTY, adj. Of the weather: inclined to be dryish (Bnff.2, Abd.2 1946).Abd.15 1928:
"Is't te redd up noo, think ye?" "Weel, it is some dryachty-kin' the day."Abd. 1993:
It's been some dryachtie kin for a gweed breer.
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