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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gueitt fat, n. [Flem. geute, a splash or shower of water.] A cask containing water for wetting the sails. —a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlviii. 99.
Some went before for to shaik out the blind, … Sonme to the gueit fattis for to bedew the saills
