Definition of Divots

1. Noun. (plural of divot) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Divots

1. divot [n] - See also: divot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divots

divorced kids
divorced man
divorcee
divorcees
divorceless
divorcement
divorcements
divorcer
divorcers
divorces
divorceth
divorcible
divorcing
divorcive
divot
divots (current term)
divs
divulgate
divulgated
divulgater
divulgaters
divulgates
divulgating
divulgation
divulgations
divulge
divulged
divulgement
divulgence
divulgences

Literary usage of Divots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... who cast turfs or divots, Mearns. In Ane. it U called a pelting-poet, ie, a poet or bag for guarding the thighs from the stroke given by the spade. ..."

2. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1905)
"P ' complaints hath been made by such as use to hire ther horses for money that they ar not able to cary divots from the remotest marches wher they are ..."

3. A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments by Sir John Scott Keltie, John Wilson, Thomas Maclauchlan (1875)
"He was travelling one day, and he saw a man casting divots with the ... Oh, yes, go round the house and you will see him laying the divots on the roof. ..."

4. Records of the Baron Court of Stitchell, 1655-1807 by George Gunn (1905)
"Loch Item for the Main rig from the west end of the wester meadow up and down and no farther except the . . . mylne to which divots may be led from the ..."

5. The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424 (1908)
"... but some of his witnesses proved interruptions by the town of Selkirk's cutting of divots, cast by him and his predecessors upon the muir. ..."

6. General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of by John Sinclair (1814)
"If the roof be covered with divots, or thin turf, the thatcher must twist the upper part of the straw, into a knot, then with a stick, prepared for the ..."

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