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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DIGEEST, Dijeest, Degeist, v. Sc. forms of Eng. digest, used lit. and fig. Known to Bnff.², Abd.⁹. Fif.¹⁰, Slg.³ 1940. Vbl.n. degeistin'. Cf. Disgeest.Sc. 1806 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 696:
Didna' pleasure's gladd'nin' bowl . . . Wonderfully help degeistin'?Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1856) III. 79–80:
Hoo the deevil in that state could they dijeest it?Abd. 1924 B. R. McIntosh in Scots Mag. (July) 296:
They say an ablach walks her hame; But this I'll no digeest.Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 21:
It's a hashin' thing the flu' And your throat's just like a rag . . . And there's naething to digeest.