A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gait, ppl. a. [Var. of gawit Gald a.] Galled. —a1570-86 Maitl. Fol. clxxviii. 56.
Twelf gait glydis deir of a preine a1585 Polwart Flyt. 767 (T).
Gum gait [v.r. gum-gad, gume gade], … foul faw it, quhy flait thow?
