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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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†ANNUAL, ANNAL, n. Sc. law and gen.: an annual payment from land or property.Edb. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife and Kinross 125:
William Sinclair, Earl of Orknay, got from King James 3d, the Castle of Ravens Heugh with some lands beside it, and an annual out of the Burrow Meals of Edinburgh.Lnk. 1856 Deil's Hallowe'en 22 (E.D.D. Suppl.):
What else there may be in hell's annal, They've aye been blessed wi' coal and cannle.