Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1900-1998
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HOTTEREL, n. Also hot(te)ril, hotrel.
1. A crowd, a great number, a swarm (Bnff. 1957).Bnff.2 1900:
We got a perfect hotteril o' young rottans aneth the shaives.Abd. 1930 N. Shepherd Weatherhouse 239:
There'll be a hotterel o' folks in here afore the night's out.Bnff. 1953 Banffshire Jnl. (27 Oct.):
The bit gairdenie a hotrel o' weeds an' thristles an' dockens.Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 69:
... a hale breenge o bawds, a fleerich o mappies, a kirn o creepie-crawlies an a hotterel o mowdies, tods, brocks an bantam chukkens.
2. A mass of festering sores or chaps (Abd. 1957); one such sore (Abd.7 1925, Abd. 1957).Abd.15 1928:
It's that frosty win's; ma han's is a sad hotterel o' cankert hacks, an' picket.
