Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BESHIT, v., pa.t. and pa.p. To defile with excrement. [bɪ′ʃɪt]Abd. 1746 W. Forbes Dominie Deposed ii. v.:
I almost had beshit my breek.Mearns 1819 J. Burness Plays, Poems, etc. 291:
Syne like a beast his breeks beshit.
