Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ARE-BONE, n. comb. ? The vertebra nearest the kidneys in an animal, the sirloin area, prob. a lower rib rather than a vertebrae.Fif. 1800 J. Thomson Agric. Fife 259:
Breadth of the hough bones . . . 2 ft. 2 inches. Ditto of the are-bones . . . 1 ft. 4½ inches.
[Poss. an aphetic form by wrong division of neir-bone (see Neir, n.).]
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