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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Scots wurd(s) o' th' Day - "Dow'd fish"
Continuing the piscine theme, today's wurd(s) is DOW'D FISH.
Dow'd fish,
n
. fish that has been drying for a day or two.
Fancy!
From page 143 of Chambers's Scots Dictionary, 1959 reprint of the 1911 edition.
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