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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Phat. Orthographic representation of a Gaelic speaker's pronunciation of Quhat. Cf. north. Sc. fat in ‘Fat hae they deen’; 1692 Pitcairne Assembly (1722) 38, quoted in SND, s.v. Fat pron. —c 1700 Fugitive Poetry II. xli. 4/107.
Me wist not phat to say or too Ib. 3/27.

Phat pron., adj., adv., conj.

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