Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†THUSGATE, adv. Also in adv. genitive form thusgates. Thus, in that manner. Arch.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 148, 166:
What befel him thus-gate daddit . . . Thusgates the lairds did tove and crack.
