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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Kethat, (Keithe cot,) n. [? Corrupt.] Some garment, ? tippet or ? cassock. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 21.
And round abowt him [Pride], as a quheill, Hang all in rumpillis to the heill His kethat [M. keithe cot] for the nanis
