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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FOULNESS, n. Sc. Mining usage: “an impurity in a seam; an irregularity in the physical character of a seam, caused, e.g. by numerous lypes or small hitches” (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 30).
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"Foulness n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 23 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/foulness>
