Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1740
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DOIT, n.3 The darnel, Lolium temulentum (Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr. 287, Ant. 1900 E.D.D.). Also †doite.Ayr. c.1740 in J. Paterson Hist. Ayr. (1864) II. 86:
The wet seasons threw up a bad weed in the crop, called the doite. It sickened the people, and made them as if they were drunk.
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