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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schiting,) Shiting, vbl. n.1 Also: shyt-. [S(c)hit(t v.] The action of voiding excrement. comb. In shyting-potion, a laxative medicine. —1633 Lithgow Poet. Remains 112.
Next, there lord doctor of the shyting potion 1657 R. Moray Lett. fol. 68.
What with spuing, what with shiting
