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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1832, 1897
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CHAT, n.3 Also chatt. [tʃɑt]
1. "A call to a pig" (Mry.1 1925, Abd.8 1917 (for Upper Deeside)). Cf. Chattie. Known to Bnff.2 and Abd. correspondents (1939). Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. iii.:
Jeams sat for a long time on the sty crying "Chat, chat, chat," but the pig was obdurate.
2. Hence transf. a pig. Bnff. 1832 A. Murdoch Poet. Shadows 56:
The Miller got a chatt, i.e. a boar, and put it in the mill, who tore kelpie dreadfully.
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