A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brittill brattill, used to imitate the flapping of sails. —1540 Lynd. Sat. 621.
Quhen all the sails playd brittill brattill
