Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHINT, CHINTER, v. ? To hack.Sc. 1824 Scott in Royal Sc. Minstrelsy (ed. Burnett) 8:
Come forth each sturdy burghers bairn, That chints on wood or clanks on airn, That fires the o'en, or winds the pirn.Mearns 1934 “L. G. Gibbon” Grey Granite iii. 209:
Chris . . . got out her hoe . . .; over tho walls other garden folk were chintering and tamping on the drying earth.
