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The word 'chisel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chiselOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3107
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chisel in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ing, so I teuk me hammer, the chisel an a baer oot. I waanted tae on page 20

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
The chisel cuts awa. on page 34
The chisel cuts awa. on page 36
a chisel cuttin steen or waterfas o la on page 37

3 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Skart, chisel, polish, on page 74

1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
here hed bin an accident wi a chisel at hed bin hurled ower the ro on page 83

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae choice wisnae a rifle or a chisel, it wis a library caird. It s on page 91

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wha taen the chisel tae Pandora's hasp, on page 139

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e grace o God, twa gimlets, a chisel an an airn bar, they escaped on page 58
daft eneuch tae grup ony airn chisel or mash left oot in the frost on page 81

2 matches

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