Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FEELLESS, adj. Without feeling, numb, insensible.Sc. 1724 P. Walker Life A. Peden Intro. xxviii.:
That dear-bought Testimony that we . . . let so easily slip through our slippry, feeble, feelless Fingers.Sc. 1820 Scots Mag. (May) 93:
I swarf't amang his hands, An' feelless lay.
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