Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶HETTAN, adj. Hurried (Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc. 152).
[? Str. pa.p. of Heat, i.e. heated, flurried.]
