Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUTCHACH, n. In phr. to put butchach (see quot.).Per. 1903 H. Macgregor Souter's Lamp 75:
It was generally whispered about that “the witch-wife had put butchach (cast a spell) on it.”
