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▪ I. paut, v.1 Sc. and north. dial.|pɔːt|
[Origin obscure.]
intr. Of a horse: To paw the ground, stamp with the foot. Also said of a person.
1697Cleland Poems 66 [He] did not cease to cave and paut, While clyred back was prickt and gald. a1800Lord John ix. in Child Ballads I. 397 O whare was ye, my gude grey steed..That ye didna waken your master? I pautit wi' my foot, master, Garrd a' my bridles ring. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Paut, to paw... ‘To paut off’ t' happin', to kick off the bed clothes. [In Eng. Dial. Dict. from Scotl. to Lincolnsh.; also in various more or less allied senses.]
▪ II. † paut, v.2 Obs. rare—1.
App. a var. of palt v., to pelt.
1611Cotgr., Espautrer, to paut, pelt, thrash [etc.].
▪ III. paut
variant of pát n. |