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(Scait,) Skait, -ytt. ? Var. of Scald adj. b or of Scaldit ppl. adj., or a conflation of these. Cf., also, the first element of Scaitbirdn. — 1543
Aberd. B. Rec. XVIII (Jam., s.v. Mispersoning).
Calland him skaytt karll 1610 Rec. Old Aberd. I 49.
Ar thow takin af thai bonnat to ane skait cretor? 1631 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 434.
Calling William McIlraith skait knawe and many vther injurious wordis
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