Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1923-1963
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SLY, n.2 Also sligh. A green slimy alga of the sea shore, Ulva (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 201, 1914 Angus Gl.; Ork. 1929 Marw.); alga in gen. (Sh., ‡Ork., Cai. 1970). [slɑe]Sc. 1923 T. Manson Lerwick 200:
A lump of rock covered with green “sligh”.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 109:
Da green sly is dat sliddery.Sh. 1963 New Shetlander No. 67. 8:
Aggled wi gutter an sly oot o da dub.
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