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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1816, 1867

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CALLET, Callot, n.2 Sc. form of St.Eng. calotte, a plain skull cap worn by the Roman Catholic clergy.

1. “A mutch or cap for a woman's head, without a border” (Ags. 1808 Jam., callot).Ags. 1816 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 56:
And tore, in wraith, the witches' callets!
Ags. 1867 G. W. Donald Poems 177:
For be the lassie e'er sae fair, In gauze or gowden callot.

2. “A boy's cap” (Ags. (Montrose) 1865 (per Ags.1)).

[Fr. calotte, a little bonnet of rounded shape which covers the top of the head; deriv. of cale, a woman's flat bonnet, covering the ears and cut away at the front, a skull cap (Hatz. and Darm.). Sc. has preserved the orig. Fr. meaning to a greater extent than Eng.]

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