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EMERANT, adj. Sc. form of Eng. emerald.Ayr. 1994 Billy Kay in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 144:
The hulls wes aw roun about, emerant green, speckled broun an white wi the mulk kye.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 9:
An fa can snib the door o Time wi feint a backwird teet
At sonsie simmer's reamin quaich wi barley bree replete,
Fin aa Cromar's a reeshlin loch o sweyin fuskered heids,
An douce Loch Davan's emerant waves wyve doucely roon its reeds?
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