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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sclate, Sclait(t, Slaitt, v. Also: sklate, sklait, skleat, scleit, sklite. P.t. and p.p. also sklatt-, sklaitt-, sklett-, etc. [e.m.E. sclate (1530), slaytt (1554), slate (1605); Sclate n.] tr. To roof, or cover, with slates or flagstones. Freq. passive.active 1512–13 Prot. Bk. J. Foular I ii 164.
And … to hald him watter ticht that he may sklait the sam 1597–8 Edinb. B. Rec. V 216.
The thesaurer to caus loft, ruif, sclaitt and repair the sclaitt mylne 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II 385.
To sclaitters quha sklaittit the toofallis of the Hie Kirk, for thair warkmanschipe and foge 1664 Ib. III 36.
To sklait the easing dropp in the foir front 1695 Ib. IV 153.
Sclait(b) c1650 Spalding II 158.
He causit skleat the haill body of the kirk … with new lath, new skleat, and new materiallis, quhilk wes not so well done sen the tyme it wes first sklaittit efter the leid wes tirrit thairfra(c) a1688 Wallace Orkney (1883) 76.
He … sklated the church of Sandwick(d) c1690 Cromartie Corr. I 68.
Dauet is busi skliting the turettes(e) 1633 Linlithgow B. Rec. 12 April.
Eftir that thay had intimat … the said Nicoll … to slaitt his said foirhous he … refuisitpassive 1614 Cramond Cullen Ann. 28.
[A house … 25 feet long] twa hous hight, and to be scleitit 1623 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 282.
That the lettronis of the said college sould be timert and sklattit 1623 Aberd. B. Rec. II 384.
The said schole … to be jeasted, lofted, and sklaited sufficientlie 1624 Forbes Baron Ct. 219.
Sklettit 1635 Thanes of Cawdor 278.
In suafar as the said tour fortalice war … sufficiently sklaittit and ruiffit with timber and sklait 1684 Inverness Kirk S. 219.
Sclated a1688 Wallace Orkney (1883) 77.
He … repaired Our Lady Kirk … which is sklaited, ceiled, and has a new quire added to it 1699 Glasgow Chart. II 278.
When the kirk shall be rooffed and sklaited
b. To furnish with a roof.1643 Alyth Kirk S. in Sc. N. & Q. 1 Ser. XII 60.
For fog to scleit the kirk
