Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1795-1855, 1934
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BLACK VICTUAL, n. “Pease and beans” (Slg.3 1934). Cf. Black Crap, Victual.Sc. 1825 Jam.2:
Black Victual. Pulse, pease and beans, either by themselves, or mixed as a crop.Sc. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (1869) II. 721:
Black Victual, pease and beans.Sc. 1934 (per Fif.1):
Black victual, horse-beans. I have often heard my father use the term.Ayr. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 IV. 281:
There is very little black victual sown.
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