Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1885-1901
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COMPT, v. and n.2 Used in Mod.Sc. only as a literary archaism. Found in Eng. along with count from the 15th to the 18th cent. (N.E.D.).
1. v. To count, consider.Hdg. 1885 “S. Mucklebackit” Rural Rhymes and Sketches 6:
Where ignorance and folly meet Wi' youthfu' glee to prompt them, What if vulgarity should greet, An' her dear children compt them?
2. n. An account.Arg. 1901 N. Munro Doom Castle iv.:
Here's Drimdarroch wi' the lave, at any rate the weight of it in processes, records, caveats . . . fugie warrants, compts and reckonings.
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