Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†HANGERS, n.pl.
1. A species of seaweed or tangle, Laminaria digitata (Abd., Mearns 1825 Jam. s.v. cairn-tangle). See also cairn tangle s.v. Cairn, n. III. 2.
2. The cords from which a herring-net is suspended from the buoy-rope, the ossels (Abd., Kcd. 1972 Patterns in Folk Speech (Wakelin) 24).
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