A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ranty-tanty, n. [Also in the later dials. of Sc. (1725) and north. Eng. (1829).] ? The broad-leaved sorrel. —a1700 Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads 13.
With croudy moudy they fed me, Lang kail and ranty tanty
