Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1805-1887
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MISBEET, v. Also misbeat. In weaving, of thread or yarn: to become crossed or tangled, through being wrongly connected up in the loom. Pa.p., ppl.adj. misbet, misbeat. Also fig.Lnk. 1805 G. M'Indoe Poems 10:
The yarn misbet, the comb, a card.Rnf. 1842 Whistle Binkie (Ser. 2) 79:
He couldna help himsel' when he got his wab misbet.Sc. 1844 P. Chalmers Dunfermline 364:
Rods for keeping the yarn from being ravelled, or, as the weavers say, misbeat.Ags. 1881 C. Sievwright Garland (1899) 22:
Reddin' a twined gang, or sortin' a misbeat thread.Sc. 1887 Jam.:
To misbeet a web is to tie up the wrong bundles of warp and weft in giving it out to the weaver.
