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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

REBAT, v. To give a curt, brusque or discouraging answer, to fend off or repel further talk peremptorily or with a snub (ne.Sc. 1967). [rə′bɑt]Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xvii.:
[I] wud 'a ta'en a bit fun wi' 'im, ye see. But Dawvid rebats.
Bnff. 1958 Banffshire Jnl. (28 Jan.):
But ey Wullie rebattit fin it cam' tae the question o' fan he wid mairry.

[Appar. an irreg. form of Eng. rebate, †to repress, repulse, blunt, O.Fr. rabattre.]

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