Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1739
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†GLYDE, n.2 “A sort of road; or perhaps more properly an opening” (Jam.2); “a break in a plantation caused by a hollow” (Bnff. 1900 E.D.D.).Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 500:
For the Kirk-yard was braid and wide, And o'er a knabliech stane, He rumbled down a rammage glyde.
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