subs. (Scots colloquial).A Scot: short for Alexander.
1500. DUNBAR, Works [PATERSON], 251 [T. L. KINGTON-OLIPHANT, The New English, i. 362. Alexander appears as SANDY; Englishmen on the other hand, dock the last half of the Greek word, and make it Alick].
d. 1555. LYNDSAY, Kitteis Confessioun [LAING], i. 138.
Quad he, Ane plak I wyll gar SANDIE, | |
Give thee agane, with handie dandie. |
1885. The Sportsman, 28 July, 2, 1. Scotland has been troubled by a great and mighty heat, which has scorched SANDYS brow and burnt the colour out of his kilt.