A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Husche-paidill, Hush-padle, n. [Cf. the mod. dial. hush (Jam.); Paddil n.] The lump-fish. —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 774 (T).
Lik laidill, husche paidill [H. hush padle] a1710 Sibbald Fife 126 (J).
Lumpus alter, … I take it to be the same which our fishers call the hush-padle or bagaty
