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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pete-, Peit-pot(e, -pott, n. Also: pet-, peat- and -poit, -poat. [Pete n.¹ and Pot(t n.² 1 c.] A ‘pot’ or hole from which peats have been dug; also, the right to dig such holes. Also comb. with -hole.(1) c1420 Wynt. viii. 3172.
He … hyd thame [plough-irons] in a pete-pot [W. petpot, C. pete pote] all a1500 Henr. Fab. 828 (Ch.).
He … with the corps vnto ane peitpoit gais Of watter full 1549 Elgin Rec. I. 98. 1575 Reg. Privy S. VII. 33/1.
[Andrew Donald] maist odiouslie … drownit himself in a peitpot 1582 Reg. Privy C. III. 506.
Peitpott a1605 Montg. Flyt. 277 (T). a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1745.
Ye are out of the myre and in the peit pot 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 228.
At the … foot whereof the ground wes mossie & full of peit pots 1632 Lanark B. Rec. 319.
Peatpottis 1670 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 222.
Peit poats 1674 Kingarth Par. Rec. 97. — 1532 Wemyss Chart. 154.
The profittis of the … hale mure … [i.e.] gres, pasturing of catell, hedder, petpot, turf and duvat [etc.](2) comb. 1580 Rep. Milne Home MSS. 51.
Passand … to the west syde of the peitpothoillis be ane auld cast