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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: 1683

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Spade-bit, n. [18th c. Eng. spade-bit (1790);Spad(e n. and Bit n.1] A spade depth; a spit. Only attrib. —1683 Reid Sc. Gard'ner (1683) 86.
Cuttings of thorns set there [sc. on top of the bank] in a spade bit trench

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