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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†FOUAT, n. "A cake baked with butter and currants, something like the Scottish bun" (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).
[O.Sc. fowatt, id., 1529, a back-formation from O.Fr. fouac(h)e, a cake baked in ashes on the hearth, erroneously taken as a pl.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Fouat n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 20 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/fouat>
