Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1724
[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
†FINKLE, n. Also finkil (Jam.). The plant fennel, Foeniculum vulgare (w.Sc. 1741 A. McDonald Galick Vocab. 60; Mry. 1808 Jam.). For dog-finkle, see Dog, III. 2. Sc. c.1724 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) IV. 273:
Round about the Hay Stack And in amang the finkle.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Finkle n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/finkle>
