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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pictish, a. (f. Pict n.; also mod. Eng. (1762). Cf. Pechtis and Pichtis.) —c 1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 547.
Great ruynes of a Pictish fort or sum ancient building