Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1827, 1895
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UPONLAND, adv., n. Also uppon-, up-o'-land.
I. adv. In the country, up country, in a rural area. Arch.Sc. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 94:
At the Abbeys up-o'-land.
¶II. n. The upper or higher part of a district.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 65:
Till to Dun-nino's upponland He cam.
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