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OUTBETALD, ppl.adj. Also oot-be-tald, -baeteld. Beyond description or expression, beyond words; odd, peculiar, old-fashioned (Sh. 1964). [′utbətæld]Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 62:
Bit de chowin was oot-be-tald, abeun a'. The geudman yackled on a piece o the mulls a lang time.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 62:
The skirls o' the bairn wir gettan oot-baeteld.
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