Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEETYACH, BEETOCK, BITTO(C)K, n. (See first and second quots.) [′bitjəx]Sc. 1910 Metcalfe:
Beetock, a sword; properly a dirk or dagger carried in the hose or boot.Crm. 1914 T.S.D.C. I. 18:
Beetyach. A small knife with shortened, fixed blade used for beeting or mending nets. “A'll pit a beetyach in ye.”Rnf. c.1805 R. Sempill (d. c.1665) Habbie Simpson's Elegy in Paisley Repository No. XXIII.:
Hee was convoyer o' the bryde Wi' bittok hingand at his syde.Rnf. 1821 Harp of Renfrewshire; 1929 Poems and Ballads of Kilbarchan (ed. C. P. Lyle) x.:
Wi' bittock hingand at his syde.
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