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Quotation dates: 1929
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OUTWELT, v. Also ootwelt. To batter or beat to death.Kcd. 1929 J. B. Philip Weelum o' the Manse 19:
Having been in foreign parts the prospective laird was "weel acquaint wi' snakes and so he set oot aifter this one and ootweltit it and killed it aboot the braes."
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