A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Upputar, -putter, Wpputter, n. [Put(t)ar n.] a. One who constructs or erects ((part of) a building). b. One who promotes (another) (to a higher position). —a. 1623 Aberd. B. Rec. II 385.
The wpputter thairoff, … that wald hawe the said windo reedifiet … sall reedifie and put wp the said windo 1721 Gordon Chron. Keith 97.
As upputters at the first and proprietors of the said loft —b. a1578 Pitsc. I 194/22.
[They] tak contrapairtie aganis thame quha ar thair promovearis or vpputaris to that he estait
