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Definition of Dawted
1. dawt [v] - See also: dawt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawted
Literary usage of Dawted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1875)
"... Like dawted wean, ... The dawted bairn thus tak's the pet, Nor eats, though
hunger crave; Whimpers an' ..."
2. Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell (1777)
"What's like a dorty maiden when {he's auld ? Like dawted we.in that ... The dawted
bairn thus takes the pet, Nor eats, tho' hunger crave, Whimpers and ..."
3. The Child and Childhood in Folk Thought: (The Child in Primative Culture) by Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1896)
"[The youngest and dearest.] — Frisian. 51. dawted [ie petted] bairns dow bear
little. — Scotch. 52. ..."
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