Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1914
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BERRICK, n. Sc. form of Eng. barrack (Lnk. 1890 H. Muir Reminisc. 31, 74-5). Specif. Sc. usage: the sleeping-place of the men-servants on a farm, usu. in an outbuilding (see Chaumer, 2.); a fishermen's hut (Sh. 1814 Irvine MSS.), a hut for the accommodation of female gutters during the herring season (Sh. 1975). [′bɛrɪk]Mry. 1914 J.W.D. in Northern Scot:
The men's berrick was up a wooden stair.
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