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ˈrottock Now Sc.
Forms: 4 rottok, 9 -ack, -ick.
[? f. rot v.]
A decayed or musty thing.
13..St. Erkenwolde 344 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 274 Alle þe blee of his body was blakke as þe moldes, As rotene as þe rottok þat rises in powdere.
1806Jamieson Pop. Ball. I. 293 Now a' their gear and ald rottacks Had faun to young Hab o' the Heuch. [Gloss. ‘Old musty corn. Literally, the grubs in a bee-hive.’] 1844T. Anderson in Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 14th Ser. 164 He'd sic routh o' auld rotticks was left by his daddy. 1867Gregor Banffshire Gloss., Rottack, anything stored up for a long time with the idea of mustiness. |