Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TOWTER, n. The flag or pennant on a marker buoy at the end of a fleet of herring-nets or fishing-lines, a dan (Bwk. 1972). Combs.: towter-stane, a stone used as a sinker for this, towter-string, the cable by which the stone was attached (Id.).
[Variant of Tolter, q.v., with vocalisation of l.]
