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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.

BELTIE, n.2 The bald coot.Ags. 1890 A. Lowson John Guidfellow ix.:
He'd been oot sailin' amon' the Loch reeds, shootin' jukes an' belties.Ags. 1924 A. Gray Any Man's Life 40:
A man would be a gey galoot To gang himsel' to see the troot, An belties splashin' in an' oot.

[Dim. of Belt, a variant of Beld, adj.1, and used as an abbr. for Belt Coot.]

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