A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1581
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(Hater,) Haitter, Heater, n. [e.m.E. hater, ME. hatere (Wycl.). Cf. Hatar.] A hater (of something). —a1578 Pitsc. II. 295/23.
This … haitter of thame that dois the contrar 1581 Satirical Poems xliv. 228.
Adamson, … heater of God