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Quotation dates: 1908-1931
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SILT, v., tr., refl. and intr. To make or be hungry, esp. for some particular food (Ork. 1970), to (cause to) yearn or long for. [sɪlt]Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. vi. 223:
Am rightly silted for a bit o' dog.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
"I silted for. . . . Me mooth was just silted for a bit o' fish."Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 127:
A'm silted mesel for a drap o' mulled ale.
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