Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LOCKSPIT, v., n. Also loxpit.
I. v. To mark out a boundary or limit by cutting a furrow with a spade or plough or by a cross-trench. Now only dial. in Eng.Ags. 1767 Glamis Estate Papers MSS.:
Lockspitting and evening the foundation.
II. n. A cut, furrow or cross-trench made for this purpose (Lth. 1961).
[From lock, in the sense of enclose, + spit, a cut made by a spade.]
