A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1599-1600
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(Schitten,) Shitten, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. shitten (1557), ME also shiten (Chaucer; v.rr. scheten, schiten), p.p. of S(c)hit(t v.] Defiled with excrement. — a1600 T. Maitland in Watson's Coll. ii 54.
Sarie shitten, shell-padock, ill shapen shit
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