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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fat, Fatt, n.¹ Also: falt. [ME. fatt(e, fat, OE. fæt, ON. fat.]

1. A vessel, usually of the nature of a cask or tub; latterly esp. a brewing vat or dyer's vat.Freq. with defining term, as bath, brew, brewing, culing, gyle, haly wattir, mask, maskine, salt, steiping, wattir fat, q.v.(a) a 1350 Facs. Nat. MSS. ii. 14.
Prestabunt sextum decimum vas [gl. fat] de omni genere bladi Ib.
Dabunt vicesimum quartum vas [gl. four and tuentiand fat] a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 220.
In a fat … brad & depe, … [scho] the barn can lay 14.. Acts I. 59/2.
A carl or a malar of service land sal gif the xiii fat 1450 Reg. Episc. Brechin II. 85.
The xiij fat of al that cumis to the myl of Achdouy to grynd, … and the xx fat of it that gays away 1579 Inverness B. Rec. I. 269.
Scho … promest him ane quart aill for euerilk mask scho brewit wyth the said fatt 1598 St. A. Kirk S. 850.
That na brouster … leid … ony burn, to mask thair fattis … upon the Saboth day 1613 Elgin Rec. II. 135.
Quhov soyne Elspet ȝeid out of the work hous … his fatt left working, as also fyve fattis parisheit to him therefter 1662 Crim. Trials III. 605.
We took a threid of each cullor of yairne that wes in the litt-fatt … and did put the threidis in the fatt 1674 Cunningham Diary 45.
For dressing an old fatt for keeping of my horse corn(b) 1501 Acta Dom. Conc. II. 477.
To … deliver … ane baikstuile, vj vaistoure standis, … thre faltis 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 174.
Item the pypis of ane aqua vite falt 1571 Rec. Kinloss Mon. 96.
All fysche faltis, nettis, coiblis, and wther fysche grayth

2. Attrib. with bodim, stuff, sting. 1526 Stirling B. Rec. I. 26.
The balyeis sall … ding out the fat bodim and deil the brewing 1567 Inverness B. Rec. I. 146.
Four greit fatt stingis and boddum thairto 1663 Edinb. Test. LXX. 102 b.
Thrie scoir thrie old broken fatt staffs