A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chatter, variant of Schatter v. —1669 Lamont Diary 213.
In divers harbours some vessels were broken and chattered 1684 Glamis Bk. Record 38.
The old chattered and decayed trees 1695 Dysart Rec. 55.
The said dog did kill … three ewes, besides that whom the dog has chattered and spoiled
