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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BARK FATT, n. Vat in which hides were tanned.Mearns 1698 J. Anderson Black Book of Kincardinesh. (1879) 46:
John Sherret, Cordiner, . . . confessed . . . he did steal two half hides out of the bark fatt of Alexander Cruickshank.
