Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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NIGHTINGALE, n. Also nichtingale (Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 373). Sc. form and usages: 1. A nocturnal moth (Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 152, Dmf. 1964); 2. In phr.: Scotch nightingale, (i) the wood-lark, Lullula arborea; (ii) the sedge-warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Slg., Rxb. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 28).2. (i) Rnf. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 VII. 47:
The woodlark, sometimes called the Scotch nightingale, from its pleasant and plaintive notes.
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