A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Quhat-gate,) Quhat-gote, What-gate, adv. phr. [Quhat adj. 8 a.] In what way or manner, how. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2086.
Effectuislie telling quhat-gote That Diomeid had weddit ane Of Pryamis douchteris a1706 Mare of Colinton in Watson's Coll. i 47/230.
Ponder my distrest estate, How I am handled and what gate
