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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1816, 1884-1947
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POUND, n. Sc. usage. Also pownd. An enclosed stretch of water, a pond, pool, reservoir (Bch. 1891 Trans. Bch. Field Club II. 13; Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 260; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Kcb. 1966). Also in Eng. dial. Combs. curling-pound, fish-pound, etc.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xv.:
He pu'd the hale three out of the auld Fish-pound.Peb. 1884 J. Grosart Poems 80:
A resting place, to mar their sloy Upon the curlin' pound.Lnk. 1890 H. Muir Rutherglen 42:
Diggin' an auld ditch to mak' a fish poun'.Bwk. 1900 A. Thomson Thornlea 72:
A wud gang the length o' hae'ni' a mull driven be water-pooer, if ye hae a guid pound.Bwk. 1947 W. L. Ferguson Makar's Medley 21:
Juicks frae the pownd returnin' hame.
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