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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1829

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GIRDERING, n. One of the suckers which spring from the root of the ash, used for hoops, etc.Slk. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 231:
He had won ten pleas afore the courts o' Dumfries, a' rising out o' ane anither, like ash girderings out o' ae root.

[From Gird, v.1, 1. -er (agent suff.) + -ing, vbl.n. ending.]

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