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Scots Magazine

The Scots Magazine (1739–).
The 712th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 675 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations675Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word27Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning123Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
alcohometer= alcoholometer n.1809Go To Quotation
anacondaA name (a) originally applied (by English writers) to a ‘very large and terrible snake’…1768Go To Quotation
beleagueringThat beleaguers; besieging, investing.1753Go To Quotation
boat workA floating fortified barricade on a river, constructed of a number of boats. Cf. work n. 12. Obs. rare.1782Go To Quotation
boumanThe tenant of a bowing n.1752Go To Quotation
buckismThe practice of a ‘buck’ or dandy.1753Go To Quotation
crowdintr. To crow, as a cock.1752Go To Quotation
enlevementA carrying off (of a woman or child); an abduction.1769Go To Quotation
grandpapaA colloquial substitute for grandfather n. Also grandpa.1753Go To Quotation
habitHeld, holden: in the legal phrase habit and repute n. repr. a medieval Latin habitus et reputatus…1753Go To Quotation
haggyBoggy and full of holes.1794Go To Quotation
HutchinsonianAn adherent of either of the above (sense A. 1).1753Go To Quotation
inputA sum put in; a contribution. Sc.1753Go To Quotation
jemmyA dandy or fop; a finical fellow. Obs.1753Go To Quotation
kyped= kipper adj. 1.1948Go To Quotation
malduckIn Orkney and Shetland: the fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis.1803Go To Quotation
maunLarge, great.1743Go To Quotation
meal mobA mob demonstrating against a shortage of grain, esp. caused by merchants holding…1765Go To Quotation
misfireintr. Of a weapon, ammunition, etc.: to fail to be discharged or fired; to discharge…1752Go To Quotation
mizzledSpotty, blotchy; esp. (of the legs) red and blotched from sitting too near a fire. Cf. mizzle-kyted adj., mizzle-shinned adj.1740Go To Quotation
moolinA fragment, esp. of something crumbled or crushed; a crumb, a morsel.1743Go To Quotation
rodeoA place or enclosure where cattle are confined, esp. in a round-up. Now hist. and rare.1811Go To Quotation
skew-whiffAskew, awry (lit. and fig.).1754Go To Quotation
stockholderOne who is a proprietor of stock in the public funds or the funds of a joint-stock…1753Go To Quotation
uhlanA special type of cavalryman or lancer in various European armies (originally…1753Go To Quotation
unwithdrawn(un- prefix 8b.)1802Go To Quotation
viceIn place of; in succession to.1770Go To Quotation

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