Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1808-1827, 1887
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BATIE, BAWTIE, adj. Also bauty (Rnf. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 152). (See second quot.) Sc. 1887 Jam.6:
A bawtie bairn.Cld. 1808 Jam.:
Batie, bawtie. Round and plump, applied either to man or beast. [Cf Bat, v.4, grow fat.]
Comb.: batie-bum, a lazy fellow.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 98:
Canon, and monk, and dean, and prior, And batie-bum, and beggin' freir.
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