Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BOUGHTY, adj. “Tough” (Ayr. 1913 W. Kissock Sc. and Eng. Poems (per Ayr.4)). Not known to our correspondents.
[Phs. its first meaning may be “twisted, bent,” thus connecting it with Bought, n.1, Bochty and Beuch.]
