A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Toitt, Toyt, n. [Obscure. Cf. Doit n.2 Also in the later dial.] a. A tottering unsteady gait. b. fig. One who moves with such a gait. c. An attack of something. —a. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 1559.
Ye look lyk the toyt of o tyred yad —b. 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. I 91.
Now let us go, the pretious pearles a fishing, Th'occasion serveth well, while here we stay To catch these muscles, you call toyts of Tay —c. 1600 Crawford Mun. Invent. II 213 (4 March).
Quhill we gett word bak agane, … [this matter] will hald me in ane toitt off noy
