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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1655
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Clat, n.3 [Cf. Clat,v. Common in later dial.] A scraping hoe. —1655 Lanark B. Rec. 156.
The haill inhabitants of this brugh to come … with mattockis, shuiles, and clates for helping of the calsay and redding the burne