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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
CHANTER-CHAFTED, adj. comb. “Lantern-jawed” (Mry. 1911 R. Cairns in Trans. Bnffsh. Field Club 108).
[A corruption of chandler chafted, s.v. Chandler, due probably to the influence of lantern.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Chanter-chafted adj. comb.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 2 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/chanterchafted>
