A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1677
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Pat(t, Pate, n.1 [Late Sc. var. of Pot(t n.1] a. A pot. b. Comb. with -ars and -boull. c. fig. in to steir the pat to (a woman), to fornicate with. Cf. Pot(t n.1 3. —a. 1592 St. A. B. Ct. 1 Dec.
Ane Flanderis pat 1614 Dundee Shipping L. 248. 1632 Inv. Newark 6 a.
Of flatt pattis 1650 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 615. 1654 Edinburgh Testaments LXVIII. 42.
Ane pott and ane patt worth 1 lib. —b. 15.. Wyf of Auchtirmuchty 71. (K).
The fyre brunt aw the pat ars out 1583–4 Crail B. Ct. MS. 10 Mar.
Pate bowllis —c. 1677 Dunferm. Kirk S. 70.
Report was made of … Wm Burley … for steiring the pat to her … confest his fault in steering the pat to Angnes Drysdaill … at nycht
