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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1991-2000
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VOICE, n. Also Sc. forms veice; vice (Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 96; m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick ii.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 32), vyce (Abd. 1934 M. Watt Visitors at Birkenbrae 6); vouce (Fif. 1862 St Andrews Gazette (1 Aug.)), See O, letter, 2. (2) (vii) (b); voss (Sc. c.1840 Katharine Jaffray in Child Ballads (1890) IV. 224; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.), vos (Ags. 1853 W. Blair Aberbrothock 51). Sc. form of Eng. voice. [Gen. (exc. s.) Sc. vəis; Fif. †vʌus; †vos]
Sc. 1991 T. S. Law in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 35:
Her vyce, a wee thing aff-puit, soondit
as tho she kent she'd be fair-stoondit,
for this was nae croose social caa
Slg. 1994 Janet Paisley in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 29:
She sayd she heard vices. No the Joan o Arc kind, bit in hur heid. Ah wance asked hur whit they sayd, these vices, an wha did she think they wur.
m.Sc. 1994 Billy Kay in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 144:
Kyle, the pit owner, sat heid in his haunds, luikin wee an lost. The veice had tint nane o its confidence though.
Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 4:
... a fantoosh, bleached-blonde wummin wi a vyce that tore ben Belle's lugs like the pouer saw the widsmen used at Dinnet.
w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 57:
Oor ain vyce is heard, less an less,
in the Arts, the telly an press.
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