ˈkittock Sc. ? Obs.
[f. as Kit n.4 + -ock dim.]
A familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character, a wanton; a mistress.
| c 1470 Henryson Mor. Fab. iii. (Cock & Fox) xx, He was sa lous and sa lecherous: He had..kittokis ma than sevine. c 1538 Lyndesay Against Syde Taillis 108 He did lift ane Kittokis claithis. 1603 Philotus iv, Ha, ha, quha brocht thir kittocks hither The mekill feind resaue the fithir. 1706 R. Sempill Piper of Kilbarchan in Chambers' Pop. Hum. Scot. Poems (1862) 26 He was convoyer of the bride, With kittock hinging at his side. |