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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1631
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Cloutit, Clowtit, ppl. a. Also: clouttit, clutit. [ME. clouted (14th c.; e.m.E. also clowted), i-clouted, OE. ᵹeclútod.] Patched, mended with a patch.a1500 Henr. III. 150/15.
I ken ȝour cunnyng in to cure Is clowtit and clampit and nocht weill cleird a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 509.
Thy cloutit [B. clowtit] cloke, thy skryp, and thy clamschellis c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 24 (M).
Club-facet clucanes, with clutit [R. clouttit] breikis 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 174.
All the forsaidis beddis clovtit and riffin and holyt 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 209.
Ane auld cloutit caldroun a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xv. 87.
And tak away thir ydill lownis, Cryand crakkaris with cloutit gownis 1586 St. A. Test. II. 56 b.
Ane awld … comptar of fir brokin and clowtit 1612 Edinburgh Testaments XLVII. 8 b.
Ane auld clouttit fedder bed; sex clouttit kodis 1631 Ib. LV. 63 b.
Ane auld clouttit fedder bouster
