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Thread #126485   Message #2810247
Posted By: John MacKenzie
12-Jan-10 - 02:48 PM
Thread Name: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
Subject: RE: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
DSL - SND1   BED-STOCK, n. The strong beam of wood that runs along the front of a bed. Not given in Concise nor in Un. Eng. Dict. but common in Eng. dial. (E.D.D.). [bd stk, or stok]
    *Bnff.2 1933:
    He sat on the bed-stock in `is stockin' soles, and yabble't awa' for mair than an `oor.
    *Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 44:
    Whan greapin for his ain bed-stock, He fa's whare Will's wife's lying.
    *w.Sc. 1846 W. Cross Disruption vi.:
    There's naething to gar us bide a minit after we come owre the bed-stock in the mornin'.
    [Bed + STOCK, O.E. stocc; cf. Du. stok, Ger. stock.]

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DSL - SNDS   BED-STOCK, n. Add quots.:
    *Sc. 1698 H. Arnot Crim. Trials (1785) 89:
    She saw my Lady's head hanging over the bed-stock, her face swoln.
    *Ayr. 1764 Ayr Presb. Reg. MS. (15 Aug.):
    His Landlady saw her before his Bedstock.
    *Dmb. 1844 W. Cross Disruption vi.:
    As we ha'e nae bag or baggage, there's naething to gar us bide a minit after we come owre the bed-stock in the mornin'.

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