A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1693
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Snuttering, vbl. n. [Cf. 17th c. Eng. snatter (1647), MDu., MLG snateren.] Chattering. —1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xiii 107.
The snarling of messens, rantling of rats, … snuttering of monkies