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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BECLAIRTIT, pa.p. Splashed or covered with filth.ne.Sc. 1884 D. Grant Lays and Leg. of the North (1908) 8:
His pirns an' clews an' worset hesps, Beclairtit i' the glaur.

[See Be, pref., 1 + Clart. Clart is found also in mod.n.Eng. Biclarten, to soil, in Old Eng. Homilies of the 12th and 13th centuries E.E.T.S. I. 279: “that spatel (spittle) that swa biclartit ti leor (face)” (Stratmann's Mid.Eng. Dict.).]

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