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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SCOOT, v. Sc. form of Eng. scout, to reject with disdain, flout, disparage. [skut]Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 309:
A man wi' buck-teeth and a cockit nose they'll no aloo to be a martyr to melancholy; but scoot the idea.Lth. 1899 J. Lumsden Poems 133:
They'd sure puir Coalmen lesser scoot!

[Ad. O.N. skúta, a taunt.]

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