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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HAUCHTY, adj. Pseudo-Sc. liter. form of Eng. haughty. Comp. hauchtier.Ags. 1855 Arbroath Guide (11 Aug.) 3:
But in spite o' the sneers o' the purse-proud and pauchty They're no like a hantle that keep their head hauchty.Slk. 1864 R. Quinn Heather Lintie 11:
Wi' hauchty broo and air defiant.Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm II. xix.:
An' the leddy was hauchtier, and cairried her heid heicher nor ever.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 3:
Sheu wus a awfu' hauchty woman, an' wad draw doon her bannet for neen.Lnk. 1884 J. Hunter Poems 12:
Wi' hauchty pride he ne'er was doated.Sh. 1919 T. Manson Peat Comm. II. 176:
Bit my Clemie at du is, “pride goeth afore a faal, an a hauchty speerit — ”