A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clut(t)rie, n. [e.m.E. clutt'ry (1654).] Rubbish, refuse. —1645 S. Leith Rec. 64.
That the comone cairts carie out all the cluttrie out of the toune … to be burnt … That some women gather together the clutrie, strae, chafe, and uther filth
