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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1776-1816
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SHATHMONT, n. Sc. form of Eng. shaftment, now obs. or dial., the distance between the knuckle of the little finger in the closed fist and the tip of the extended thumb, taken as roughly six inches (Per. 1904 E.D.D.).Sc. 1776 Wee Wee Man in Child Ballads No. 38. A. ii.:
His legs were scarce a shathmont's length.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary viii.:
Not an inch, not a shathmont.
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