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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1572-1611
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Wattir drop, Waltir drop, n. [e.m.E. water drop (Shakespeare), a drop of water, a tear.] a. = wattir fall (Wat(t)ir n. 16 c). b. = Wattir tabill n. c. A drop of water, the run-off from a roof. —a. 1572 Protocol Book of John Robeson 169b.
Four aikeris of land liand … betuix … the freiris predicatouris … and the heid of the hill and wattir drop of the samyn —b. 1599 Paisley B. Rec. 226.
His foir tenement … hes ne waltir drop bot onlie the gavel bigit betwix him and the said complinar —c. 1611 Macgibbon & Ross V 6.
Guittar stanes hewin and layid at the aingills of the turnpyik for conuoying of the wattir dropis fra the mayne hous and jame
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