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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAUTS, n.pl. A variant of Batts, q.v. = the colic. [bǫts Lth.]Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 173:
An' fock wad hae a freer wame O bauts sae rusky.