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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCAT, n. Of uncertain meaning. The context suggests some pejorative connotation and the word may be a reduced form of Scart, n.², Scart, n.³ Combs.: scat-eyed (where scat might poss. be ad. Gael. sgat, a skate fish), scat-necked.Sc. 1794 J. Grahame Poems 91:
That's eilans wi' the lousy title, Coft by that scat-necked loun.Arg. 1880 Stray Leaves 32:
I'll sclimb the Knowe and view the guid auld ditch, Jist tae confound the ugly scat-eyed witch.Abd. 1932 D. Campbell Bamboozled 14, 21:
A prood scat she wis wi' a frostit neep for a hairt. . . . There's a nesty hauf oor an' a doctor's bill waitin' some peer scat, faiver he is.