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: 1513-1581
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Clatterin(g, Clattryng, ppl. a. [Late ME. clatteryng (1477).] Rattling; chattering.(1) 1513 Doug. iii. viii. 74.
Pallas, with clattering harnes fers in fyght c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1529.
Frome clattryng cragis … , The erth was weschin quyte away(2) 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 21 b.
Ane clatterin carlin … presumes to haue the treu knaulege of Theologie 1581 Ib. Sig. V. iiij.
Vtheris, quha lyk parrokettis enterteneis the auditouris be clattering tellis
