(Scotland, historical) A strip of ground, or corner of a field, once left untilled to avert the malice of the devil from the crop.
(Scotland, historical) A strip of ground, or corner of a field, once left untilled to avert the malice of the devil from the crop.
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(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
(now, Scotland, or, historical) A husband; the master of a house or family.
(now, rare, chiefly, Scotland) A familiar appellation of civility for a man.
(slang, archaic) A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.
(historical) The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres.