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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pitt, n.2 Var. of Put n.2 1 (a projecting piece of masonry, a buttress). —1657 Lanark B. Rec. 158.
Ane outshote … with the gavell to the streit, of hewen wark the cuinnyes and pitts
