Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1829
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PRANG, n. Sc. form and usage of Eng. prong, a spike (Sc. 1831 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1864) III. 217; Fif. 1875 A. Burgess Poute 64; Clc. 1882 J. Walker Poems 65, Bnff. 1956 Banffshire Jnl. (8 May) 8, Mry., Abd., Per. 1966). Comb. prong measure, an implement with two legs or prongs set a certain distance apart by which the thickness of a sheaf might be measured, a sheaf-gauge.Lth. 1829 G. Robertson Recollections 246:
To visit them [shearers] with the prong measure, to see that it was duly filled when applied to the sheaves.
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