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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Locht, attrib. or a. ? Var. or misreading of lacht, laucht, Lath n., in attrib. use (sense 1 c). —1599 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 199.
Calling thame false beggares, lymmeris and lownes, and that he suld belt tua of thaime with ane locht rung
