A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Latit, -yt, ppl. a. [Etym. obscure.] ‘They say that a knife or such like is lated, when it is heated in the fire, till it hath lost its colour and temper, and so may be bended which way you please. They say also that iron is lated, when it is covered over with tin’ (Ruddiman). —1513 Doug. vii. x. 76.
Burnyst flankartis and leg harnes, fut hait, With latit sowpill siluer weill annelit Ib. viii. Prol. 92.
Sum latyt latton, but lay, lepys in lawyd lyt
