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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1816, 1898-1934
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BA(A)ND-STANE, -STONE, n. “A stone going through on both sides of a wall; thus denominated because it binds the rest together” (Jam. 1808).Sc. 1816 Scott Black Dwarf iv.:
I am amaist persuaded it's the ghaist of a stane-mason — see siccan band-stanes as he's laid.Sc. 1898 A.W. in E.D.D.:
Such a stone helps to give strength and solidity to the part of the wall in which it is built. There may be a number of band-stones in one wall.Sh.5 1933:
Dat's a guid baand-stane; dunna brak him.Bnff.2 1934Bnff.4 1934Bnff.7 1934ne.Rxb. w.Rxb., s.Rxb.1923 Watson W.-B. 47:
Band-stane. A stone extending the thickness of a wall; a bond-stone.
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