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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1908

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BIST, n.

1. A tendency to anger and bad temper.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
A ill b[ist].

2. Bad characteristics; bad disposition.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Der'r [there is] a ill b[ist] in him. [Also given by Angus Gl. (1914).]

[Cf. Birst, adj., angry, peevish, and O.N. burst, bust, a bristle (Zoëga).]

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