Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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VEEAT, n. Also viad. A stretch of open ground (Ork. 1929 Marw.); a quantity of cultivated ground in crop (Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 155, viad). [′viət]
[Norw. dial. vi(d)aatta, a wide expanse, vast space, O.N. v íðátta, wideness, openness, of a district.]
