Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LUTHIR, v., n.
I. v. To beat, scold; to walk with a heavy step; to work speedily and energetically, to declaim or harangue vigorously (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 110). Vbl.n. luthiran, a beating (Id.).
II. n. A heavy blow (Id.).
[Phs. a conflation of Leather, with sim. meanings, and Eng. lather, to which the form more nearly corresponds.]
