Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1930-1939
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RELY, v. Sc. usage, absol. or with tae, til: to make one's home (with), to depend upon for bed and board, to quarter (Bnff., Abd. 1968).Abd.15 c.1930:
“He relies there”, makes his home there, or with the family there. “He relies tae them”, makes his home with them — when he, as a farm servant, is unengaged.Abd. 1939:
The bairn relies til her grandparents and fan she leaves the skweel an' gets a place, it's tae them that she'll aye gang back an' forrat.
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