Kilmarnockn.

1643 Edinb. Test. LX. f. 292^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Sextene pair of Kilmarnock stokinges estimat ale to fyftie pundis.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem 15 He used to take lives With Whingers, and Kilmarnock Knives.

1713 R. Wodrow Analecta (1842) II. 262 Ther ar some of your Kilmarnock whittles, that, though they look not soe fair on it as your English knives, yet have a better edge.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 84 An honest wabster..Whase haffet a Kilmarnock hood Kept warm an' snug.

1790 A. Wilson Poems 72 His fearsome blue Kilmarnock cowl.

1806 J. Patterson in J. B. Greenshields Ann. Parish Lesmahagow (1864) App. 46 And some..with subtle wrist, Give to their stane, the true ‘Kilmarnock twist’.

1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 6 The manner in which the whole man was so properly roofed in with the ancient Kilmarnock bonnet.

1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 31 Flourishing..their ‘Kilmarnocks’ manfully round their heads.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch vi. 53 Gallowses, leather-caps, and Kilmarnock cowls.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 40 Kilmarnock bonnets, pixie caps, and mittens.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 13/2 Even the Kilmarnock nightcap is not forgotten.

1877 J. M. Neilson Poems 49 He..cover'd the bald pow o' Willie Shakspeare Wi's big blue Kilmarnock.

1902 Daily Chron. 20 Dec. 5/2 The Scottish team of curlers who have departed for Canada wanted to be rigged out with old-style Kilmarnocks.

1946 Glasgow Herald 24 Aug. Having recently taken up bowling, I have heard players saying, ‘That's a Kilmarnock one’ when a shot has shown evidence that the player was determined to run no risks in disturbing the head.

1949 J. Drummond Behind Dark Shutters i. 21 They agreed to pipe a water line from Townhead and put in a ‘Kilmarnock well’ in the Row.

1951 J. Masters Nightrunners of Bengal ix. 94 The two infantry regiments tried to get the new white Kilmarnock caps to replace their heavy shakos.

1953 J. E. Shaw Ayrshire 32 The Kilmarnock bonnet manufacturers strike a specially sentimental note in the hearts of all Scotsmen... It was at one time a national headwear.

1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 157/2 Kilmarnock carpets, double-cloth carpeting was made in Kilmarnock from 1778 and three-ply was perfected in 1824.

1854 Gardeners' Chron. 17 June 392/1 The name Kilmarnock Willow was bestowed upon it to distinguish it from the common Weeping Willow.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 202 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Kilmarnock willow (Salix caprea var. pendula)..becomes one of the most distinct of the hardy weeping plants which we possess.

1892 A. C. Apgar Trees Northern U.S. 166 The Goat-willow is the one generally used for the stock of the artificial umbrella-formed ‘Kilmarnock Willow’.

1913 H. J. Elwes & A. Henry Trees Great Brit. & Ireland VII. 1746 [Salix caprea] Var. pendula... Pendulous in habit, usually grafted on a stock about 4 ft. high, and forming a weeping shrub, which is known as the Kilmarnock Willow. This was discovered in 1840 on the banks of the river Ayr, and was propagated by Lang, nurseryman at Kilmarnock.

1972 S. C. Warren-Wren Willows iii. 61 It [sc. a pendulous variety] is S[alix] caprea forma pendula Th. Lang, and is commonly referred to as the Kilmarnock willow. Its branches are stiffly pendulous.