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flaughter
▪ I. ˈflaughter, n. Sc. Also 5–9 flauchter, (6 -tir), 9 flachter. [prob. a parallel formation to flaught n.1, with suffix -tro- instead of -tu-.] A paring of turf. Also Comb., flaughter-fail, a turf cut with a flaughter-spade, i.e. a breast-plough used for this purpose.1492 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 28...
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Finglen Burn
Named tributaries of the burn from the earliest to the latest are as follows: Cooper's Gote, Flaughter Burn, Earl's Burn, Altmarrage Burn, Almarnock Burn
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shoughtering
† ˈshoughtering, vbl. n. Obs. rare—1. [Of obscure origin; perh. an error for *floughtering (see flichter, flaughter vbs.] Flapping or agitation of the wings.c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 628 A shoughturyng [Colchester MS. shuddering], a flusshyng, & a fray He [sc. the pea⁓cock] maketh then.
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floghter
† ˈfloghter, v. Obs. [cf. flocht and flaughter v.] intr. To waver. Hence floghtering, ppl. a.1521 Fisher Eng. Wks. (1876) 313 That we floghter not in the catholike doctryne. Ibid. 334 Against all floghteryng doutfulnes.
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Jonathan Oldbuck
a particular spot, “This I take to have been the Praetorium”, a herdsman, who stood by, answered, “Praetorium here, Praetorium there, I made it wi' a flaughter-spade
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forfoughten
forˈfoughten, pple. and ppl. a. Obs. exc. Sc. and north. dial. For forms see fight v. and foughten; also 8–9 forfoughen. [f. for- prefix1 + foughten.] Wearied and worn-out with fighting.c 1275 Lay. 26189 On wis cniht com ride to þis kinges ferde þat was al for-fohte. c 1350 Will. Palerne 3686 Ȝour m...
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Edie Ochiltree
a particular spot, "This I take to have been the Praetorium", a herdsman, who stood by, answered, "Praetorium here, Praetorium there, I made it wi' a flaughter-spade
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flichter
▪ I. flichter, n. Sc. (ˈflɪxtə(r)) [f. next vb.] = flicker n.31826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 240 In a flichter o' rainbow licht.▪ II. flichter, flighter, v.1 Sc. (ˈflɪxtə(r)) Also 6 flichtir, flych-, flyghter, 9 fleighter. [? f. flicht, flight v.; see -er5. Cf. flaughter v.2] 1. intr. Of a ...
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rutter
▪ I. rutter1 (ˈrʌtə(r)) Also 6 ruter, 9 ruttier. [a. MDu. rutter, var. of ruter, ruyter (Du. ruiter ruiter, whence G. reuter), ad. OF. routier, routeur: see router n.1 Cf. med.L. rut(t)arius rutar, and (M)Sw. ryttare, Da. rytter.] 1. A cavalry soldier (esp. a German one), of the kind employed in the...
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divot
▪ I. divot, n. Sc. and north. dial. (ˈdɪvət) Forms: 6 diffat, -et, devait, (dovet), 7–8 devot, 7–9 divet (7 divott, 8 diviot), 7– divot. 1. a. A slice of earth with the grass growing upon it, a turf, a sod, such as are used in the north for roofing cottages, forming the edges of thatched roofs, the ...
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