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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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ETION, n. Stock, kindred, breed (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Often used contemptuously. Also aishan, ation (Bnff.⁷ 1927; Abd.²⁷ 1950); aeshin (Abd. 1923 Swatches o' Hamespun 17); aetion. [′eʃən]Abd. 1742 R. Forbes Ajax (1755) 9:
Bat thus in counting o' my etion, I need na' mak sik din, For it's well kent Achilles was My father's brither sin.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlix.:
Than she lows't the richt gate aboot the minaister an' a' 's ation.Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 63:
'Ey're a bad aishan.Bnff. 1923 “Knoweheid” in Swatches 38:
He did not like gentry's wyes, an' took's nip at clerks an' coonter-jumpers an' a' that aetion.Abd. 1926 M. Argo Makkin o' John 28:
She's come o' nice fouk. I ken a' the ation o' them.em.Sc. 1991 James Robertson in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 172:
We are the aishan o the warkin cless,
Their bastarts, yet we miscaa them, misken
Our mither an our faither.