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Rigwoodie
Unyielding; stubborn. A rigwiddie is the chain which crosses
the back of a horse to hold up the shafts of a cart (rig = back, withy = twig.)
Withered beldams, auld and droll,
Rigwoodie hags.
Burns: Tam O'Shanter.
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