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[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 425: It’s not easy to bang the soldier with his bandoleers.
at bang, v.2
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 386: ‘It was all fair play; your comrade sought a fall, and he has got it.’ ‘That is true enough,’ said Bothwell, as he slowly rose; ‘put up your bilbo, Tom.’.
at bilbo, n.
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 407: I ne’er gat ony gude by his doctrine, as ye ca’t, but a sour fit o’ the batts wi’ sitting amang the wet moss-hays for four hours at a yoking.
at bots, n.1
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 561: O, this precious Basil will turn cat in the pan with any man!
at cat in (the) pan (n.) under cat, n.1
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 385: The comfortable creature, which the carnal do denominate brandy.
at creature, the, n.
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality xli: A’ thae hell-rakers o’ dragoons wad be at his whistle in a moment. Nae doubt they’re Willie’s men.
at hell-raker (n.) under hell, n.
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 405: Then it will be my lot [...] to be sent to Heaven wi’ a St Johnstone’s tippit about my hause.
at St Johnstone’s tippet, n.
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 612: Evandale is the man on earth whom he hates worst, and [...] were he once rubbed out of the way, all, he thinks, will be his own.
at rub out, v.
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 375: A wheel-carriage [...] bearing eight insides and six outsides.
at outside, n.
[Scot] W. Scott Old Mortality in Waverley II (1855) 392: Robin’s ill o’ the rheumatize, and he’s to his bed too.
at rheumatiz, n.
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