Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAT, n.4 “A holme, a river island” (Tweedd. 1825 Jam.2). Jam. says used synonymously with Ana, q.v.
[Cf. Battock. Cf. bat, Nhb., used on the south side of the Tweed between the town of Berwick and the sea, meaning a heap of stones on which nets were drawn, applied also to the fisheries connected with them, as Davies Bat, etc. (1830 in Archæologia Æliana IV. 307).]
