Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DILLAGATE, DELAGAT, n. Obs. Sc. forms of Eng. delicate, in its poet. sense of a delicacy (Fif. 1825 Jam.2).Ib., MS. Poem:
The greatest dillagate ava' Was sandells fried wi' bacon.
