A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1569-1587
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Clarty, Clairtie, a. [Cf. ME. biclarten to defile; mod. Sc. and N. Eng. dial. clart (sticky) dirt, filth.] Dirty, filthy. —a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxviii. 120.
Thay man be buskit wp lyk bryddis … With clartty [Q. clairtie] silk about thair taillis 1587 Glasgow Chart. I. ii. 207.
The west pairt of the toun of Northberwick … lyand vpone the west syd of the burne callit the Clairtie Burne
