10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCUNCHEON»
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Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 17 (2012)
... ODEE: 597a) scunch n. (obs.) bevelled inner edge, etc. (1611, OED) aphetic
variant of SCUNCHEON n. (q.v.); see also cognate SQUINCH n. scuncheon n.
bevelled inner edge of the jamb of a door, etc. (1293, MED) (OED2: scuncheon
arch.) ...
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The Farmer's Guide to Scientific and Practical Agriculture: ...
When the dyke begins with a scuncheon, as in_this case, a large boulder should
be chosen for its foundation stone; and if there are no boulders, a large stone
should be selected and dressed for the purpose, as no better protection can be ...
Henry Stephens, John Pitkin Norton,
1862
A scuncheon should be formed of in-band and out-band stones, hammerdressed,
and firmly bedded upon one another. 5707. The covers should project an inch or
two beyond the face of the dyke, to protect the top. They should be two inches ...
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THE FARMER'S GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE ...
The corners of the scuncheon should be eham- pered off, to save the cattle being
injured against sharp angles. 1110. The divisions betwixt the respective courts
should be of stone and lime walls, 1 foot in thickness, and 6 feet in height.
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
SCUNCHEON, ». A stone forming a projecting angle, 8,— Germ, schantse, E.
sconce, q. a bulwark. 8CUNCHEON, ». A square dole or piece of bread, cheese,
Ac. Teviotd. It is frequently thus designed among the peasantry, perhaps from its
...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir,
1867
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The book of farm-buildings, their arrangement and ...
In forming the cope, a large stone should be placed at the end of the scuncheon
to keep down the cover, and act as an abutment for resisting the wedging down
of the smaller cope-stones. Another large cope-Btone should be set at a short ...
Henry Stephens, Robert Scott Burn,
1861
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
SCUNCHEON, s. A stone in the inner side of a door or window, &c.l Add;
Immediately from Fr. escoinson, " the back part of the jaumbe of a window," Cotgr.
Teut. schanls*en, Su.G. skans-a, munire. SCUNCHEON, 3. A square dole or
piece of ...
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words ...
SCUNCHEON, s. A square dole or piece of bread, cheese, Ac. Teviotd. It Is
frequently thus designed among the peasantry, perhaps from Its resemblance to
the corner-stone of a building, which has this name. To SCUNNER, Scotther, t>. n
. 1.
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
SCUNCHEON, s. A stone in the inner side of a door or window, &c.l Add;
Immediately from Fr. escoinson, " the back part of the jaumbe of a window," Cotgr.
Teut. schants-en, Su.G. skans-a, munire. SCUNCHEON, s. A square dole or
piece of ...
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Stephens' Book of the Farm: Dealing Exhaustively with Every ...
no boulders, a large stone should be selected and dressed for the purpose, as a
protection to the end of a dyke, — and especially when the scuncheon forms one
side of a gateway to a field. Another boulder, or large stone, should be placed at
...
Henry Stephens, James Macdonald,
1908