Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SKITTIE, v. To make a skit on, satirise. Nonce dim. form, prob. for metrical purposes, of Eng. skit, id.s.Sc. 1793 T. Scott Poems 336:
The trades-men beaus wi' pride sae heatet, Are wha he has sae cleanly skittiet, An' roughly teazt.
