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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*(Kilting,) Kiltaine, n. [Kilt v., ON. kilting n.] ‘The lap, or part of a woman’s petticoat that is tucked up' (Jam.); to have a kid in one's kilting, ‘to have a bastard about her’ (J. Kelly Proverbs). — 16.. in Selkirk B. Ct. II. MS.
Delicious love made me to yeild. .Which makes me now grow great with child: Ane kid in my kiltaine and wois me
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