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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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‡TAWT, v., n. [tɑ:t]

I. v. To pull or knock about roughly, to drag and tug at so as to spoil, to dash to and fro or to the ground, to buffet, of wind. Vbl.n., ppl.adj. tawtan, tawtit (Id.).Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 191:
The ween tawtit the kail plants.

II. n. “The shock produced by a sudden gust of wind” (Bnff. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 313); a heavy dash, a dragging or dashing roughly to and fro.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 190:
He ga' the loon a tawt our o' the grun.