Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LETT, n.2 Given by Jam.2 for Abd. as “a lesson, a piece of instruction, gen. conjoined with an adj. expressive of vituperation”, is prob. an erroneous definition of Lait, n., arising from such phrs. as “to learn ill laits.”
