A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gorbet, n. [in mod. Northumb. dial. gorbit.] A young unfledged bird. —1540 Lynd. Sat. 4397 (B).
Now sall I feid ȝow as I mae. Cry lyke the gorbettis of ane kae 1600-1610 Melvill 135.
The wordis of consolation, the quhilk he gaped for as a gorbet
