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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HILT, v. To walk with a limp.Ags. 1897 A. Reid Bards of Ags. 505:
While he stots by her side wi' a jealous fear, Wi' a totterin' gait and a hiltin', O.

Hence hiltie, 1. adj., lame, limping; 2. n., a crutch. Also hilted rung, -staff, id. (Abd. 1825 Jam.).1. Sc. 1812 Popular Opinions 89:
What would you think, when now ye've turn'd sae trig, Of Madam Mason, wi' her hiltie leg?2. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 16–17:
Or else, mayhap, my hilted rung . . . May lay your vile ill-scrapit tongue, And flat your nose.Ags. 1867 G. W. Donald Poems 66:
A hiltie drawn across their shank.Fif. 1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Gsw. XXXI. 39:
An oxter-staff or hiltie is a crutch.