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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhitit, -et, Whited, p.p. and ppl. adj. (ME and e.m.E. yhuited (1340), whitid (1388), whytyd (1529), whited, covered with white, also in fig. context, after Matth. xxiii 27, implying that the true, and evil, nature of something is concealed.) —c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xxiii 27.
Ypocritis, that are like to sepulturis quhitet [P. whitid] Id. Acts xxiii 3.
Than Paule said to him, ‘Thou quhitit wall [etc.]’ 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvii.
The (without whited, but within rotten) sepulchers of men odious to Christ
