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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GRENITE, n. A Sc. form of Eng. granite. Cf. P.L.D. § 49. [′grɛnɪt]Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie III. xi.:
It micht be amo' the grenite muntains o' Aigypt, though they takna freely sic fine blocks oot o' this ane as they tuik oot o' that at Syene.Lth. 1928 S. A. Robertson With Double Tongue 13:
Her faither, dour as grenite, At kirk and market glowered ajee.