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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1513-1655
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Dit, Dyt, v. Also: ditt. [ME. ditt(e, dytt(e, OE. dyttan.] tr. To stop up, close up.1375 Barb. vi. 168.
The vpcom wes then Dittit with slayn hors and men c1420 Wynt. ii. 1198.
Than off that cove the mouth gert he Wytht stannys gryt sone dyttyde be c1420 Ib. iv. 1948.
Fra reuth thai sall thare erys dyt, … Mare deffe than ony awsk yhe se 1513 Doug. iv. viii. 67.
Hys benyng eris the goddis dyttit, That of thar askyng thar was nocht admittit 1513 Ib. v. xiii. 96.
The ryveris dittit with ded corpsys wolx rede 1562-3 Winȝet I. 22/6.
We pray the Omnipotent … to dit and close the mouthis of ȝow or ws 1562-3 Ib. II. 7/15.
Na man may sufficientlie … ditt the mowthis of the contentious 1572 Satirical Poems xxxiii. 196.
Amend sic things, … And dit the mouths of thame that sa dois speik 1588 Events Q. Mary & Jas. VI 43.
My lord Duikkis freindis, to wit, quha hes the powar quhilk dittis our mouthis bot ony forther 1621 Acts IV. 679/1.
To ditt vp, remove, and distroy that pairt of his hienes hie streit 1655 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 369.
The brigstones quhilk lyes over the common gutters ... and are easilie ditted and stops the current of the watter
