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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TURNER, n. Also turnor. A small copper coin current in Scotland from the reign of James VI and I c.1623 to that of William III in 1695 and ceasing to be legal tender after the Union, also called a twopenny piece or bodle, and valued at 1/6 of an English penny (Sc. 1741 A. McDonald Galick Vocab. 119). Hist.Bnff. 1700 W. Cramond Ch. of Cullen (1883) 139:
Given in turners to the poor at the Kirk door . . . 3s.Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fif. 52:
The Craig-herring, which they say is more big than four herrings, with skails as large as turners.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 157:
Tell o'er their turners, Mark by Mark, Yet darna think to lowse the pose, To aid their neighbours' ails and woes.Sc. 1939 St Andrews Cit. (22 April) 6:
An old coin which proved to be a turner or bodle. On one side are “Charles II” and an inscription, and on the other side is the thistle design and the motto “Nemo me impune lacesset.”