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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Geil(l)-fat, Gell-fat, n. Also: geell fatt. [ME. gilefatte (1483), gylefatt (1391), f. Du. gijl froth or ferment of wort.] = Gyle-fat.(a) 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 177.
Ane schel of ane leid … ane geilfat 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 176.
Ane brew fatt, … ane geil fatt 1562 Will Agnes Betoun 224.
Five geill fattys, xv aill barrillis 1570 Inverness B. Rec. I. 183.
Ane mask fatt, ane geill fat 1621 Ellon Presb. 109.
They … haid … drunkin a geill fat full of new beir(b)1653 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 302.
One great brueing fatt, with a geell fatt (c) 1581 Prot. Bk. J. Robertson 11.
Ane gell fatt, ane stand, ane bowy, ane tub

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