Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†DAUGHT, n. “Any thing having a wild, unnatural taste with it is said to have a daught, and though this taste be not felt for some days after the thing has been eaten, still it is said to have left a ‘daught' behind it” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 161).
