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Wattirfast, adj. Also: watter-fast, -fest, vaterfast, valtirfast, walterfast. [Wat(t)ir n. and Fast adj.] = Wattir ticht adj. 1518–19 Wigtown B. Ct. 86b.
To hald the samin wattirfast 1535 Dumfries B. Ct. 154a.
Haye … rottin in falt of ane valtirfast barne 1550 Glasgow Prot. I 19.
To keip the bwyth wattir fast with haile tymmyr, lofting, and flure 1558 Glasgow Prot. II 58 (see Wattirbairge v). a1568 Sempill in Sat. P. xlvi 16.
To pomp als oft as ȝe may haill, Ȝeill nevir hald hir watter-fast 1574 Glasgow Hammermen 153.
Watterfest 1593 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 289.
Walterfast 1597 Paisley B. Rec. 211.
The persewar sould athir mak the said hous wattir fast or than the defender to bruik the samin maill frie 1642 Rothesay B. Rec. 944.
Vaterfast