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" ; scuntion Cai.' 1. The undressed stone in which the frame of a door or window is set ; a projecting angle in a wall. Sc. (Jam.), Cai.^, Cum.* (s.v. Scunch). Cf. scunch. 2. Obs. A square piece of bread, cheese, &c. Rxb. (Jam.)
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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