Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1898-1932
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BRUG, Brugg, n.1 “A sandy, mossy, or heathery . . . hillock” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.); “a small height or mound, flat on the top” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)); “a stump of earth standing with the sward intact in a place where the ground has been broken by the continued action of the weather” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.).Sh.(D) 1898 “Junda” Echoes from Klingrahool 13:
And up and on, till its ray is dispelled On the mossy brugs of the Skalljefeld.Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Sh. Trad. Lore 177:
He was killed and buried on a dry elevated “Brugg.”
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