A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
(Pett,) Pet, v. [f. Pet(t n.1] To treat as a pet; to indulge. —1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 324.
Grosse euill thoghts fedde and petted with yeelding and consent
