Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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AUCHT, AUGHT, num.adj.2, ordinal. Eighth. [ɑxt I.Sc., n.Sc., em.Sc., wm.Sc.]Sc. (shortly after) 1745 in E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. (26th ed.) ii. 100:
She answered them with a text of Scripture, “The tongue no man can tame — James Third and Aucht.”Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xiii.:
What is't again that the aught command says?Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 29:
T'ree bawbees: that's only the aucht pert o' a tweltpenny.m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witchwood vi.:
There's anither Beltane on the aucht day of May.
Phr. common or ordinar five-auchts, applied to persons or things: ordinary, everyday, among the undistinguished mass, typical of one's kind (ne.Sc. 1975).
[O.Sc. aucht. Mid.Eng. and early Mod.Eng. also have a number of forms identical for cardinal and ordinal numbers. O.N. *ahte, later átte, átti, O.E. eahtoða, æhteða.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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