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Quotation dates: 1772-1801, 1879-1897
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†SODDEN, ppl.adj. Also soden, soddon. Boiled, cooked by boiling. Rare or obs. in Eng.Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 68:
That gusts his gabb wi' oyster sauce, And hen weel soden.Kcd. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XI. 103:
Boiled for some time, or sodden.Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Parings (1873) 31:
Granny tells them tales o' witches, Until the kail be soddon.Per. 1879 P. R. Drummond Bygone Days 135:
Whether they are to eat their beef roasted or sodden.s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws v.:
Is it the auld tale of cauld roast and little sodden and a toom byre?
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