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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BALLAT, BALLET, n. A ballad(e).Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth ii.:
What, shall we have our ballets, and our roundels again?Sc. 1929 L. Spence in Holyrood (ed. W. H. Hamilton) 174:
Awa' wi' yer diddles on the pipes and the fiddles, Awa' wi' yer ballats and yer flings sae free!Ayr. 1789 D. Sillar Poems 236:
An' tell them too, I'll never grudge them, A rantin' ballat tae oblige them.

[O.Sc. ballat, ballet, a ballad or song, orig. intended as an accompaniment to a dance. Mid.Eng. balade, O.Fr. balade, a dancing song, Provençal, balada, a dance, late Lat. ballāre, to dance. The form Ballant (see above) does not seem to occur in O.Sc. It is now in frequent use in literary Sc., perhaps through the influence of Scott.]

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