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KILTS
Noun
kilts
plural of kilt
Source: Wiktionary
KILT
Kilt (,
Definition: p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
Kilt, n. Etym: [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
Definition: A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]
Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.]
Definition: To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
KILT
Kilt (,
Definition: p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
Kilt, n. Etym: [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
Definition: A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]
Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.]
Definition: To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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