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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1591-1592, 1644
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Chirt, v. [Imitative. Cf. ME. chirte to chirp.]
1. intr. To squirt, spirt, or spring out. 1513 Doug. iii. ix. 72.
I saw that cruel fend … Thar lymmys ryfe … , The ȝoustir tharfra chirtand and blak blude 1513 Ib. viii. iv. 169.
He … so strenȝeis hys throt, furth chirt hys eyn 1591-2 Rob Stene 14.
Quhill blud come bockand frome thair gammis, And chirttand frome thair teith att anis
2. tr. To squeeze. 1644 Baillie II. 234.
If we gett not the life of these wormes chirted out before they creep out of our land
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