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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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LAIT, n. Also laite; lett (see Lett), leat; ¶leet. Gen. in pl. Manners, behaviour, habits (Sc. 1825 Jam.); specif. bad habits, tricks, pranks.Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 152:
Sic Laits appear to us sae awfu', We hardly think your Learning lawfu'.Per. 1766 A. Nicol Poems 120:
But be advis'd to mortify Your youthfu' laits by piety.Abd. p.1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 178:
Frae his ill laits to see to had him in, And to a sober course of life begin.Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 51:
But yet nae loose unmensefu' laits Between the twa ran i' their pates.Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 38:
All the “ill laits that ever followed swine.”Ayr. a.1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage (1892) 124:
Some o' your saunts . . . found it easier to lay down their life than their ill leets.Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i. xi.:
Unlearn a' ill-laits least they airt ye intil waur diffeekwalties.