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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AFIT, adv. Afoot, on foot (lit. and fig.). Gen.Sc. [ə′fɪ̢t]Sc. a.1724 in A. Ramsay T. T. Misc., Gaberlunzie-Man (1762):
Some rade upo' horse, some ran afit.Sc. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods, Lowden Sabb. Morn iv.:
The steerin' mither strang afit Noo shoos the bairnies but a bit.Abd. 1927 G. R. Harvey The Shepherds 9:
Bit there's a queer eneuch earthly ploy afit the nicht wi' this taxation bisness.