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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lit(t)icant, Lit(t)igant, Lettgant, n. Also: lit(t)ican. [Altered var. of lit(t)icamp Letacamp n.: cf. e.m.Du. (16th c.) and mod. Du. dial. lide-, lyde-, ledi-, ledecant, altered f. lit de camp (see Let-de-camp n.). Cf. also Liticall.] A portable or camp bed. Chiefly comb. with -bed.(a) 1574 Edinb. Test. III. 200 b.
Tua stand beddis & ane liticant bed price sex li. 1591 Ib. XXIII. 268 b; 1623 Ib. LII. 21.
Hir litican bed of aik 1596 Fraser P. 229.
Ane litticant bed(b) 1563–4 Prot Bk. T. Johnsoun 138.
Ane litigant bed, with ane palyeis of hardin 1566 Ib. 101.
Ane laych litigant bed of tymmir, … ane turnit litigant bed 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 29 Oct.
A new littigant(c) 1574 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 32.
Ane lettgant bed furneist witht Flandreis werdour, blancattis [etc.]