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elt

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To soil or handle roughly

To soil or make dirty; also used of handling roughly or fussing with a young animal, and of working hard at dirty, menial tasks.

Example in use

“Dinna elt the wee calf, gie it peace.”

Pronunciation

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/ELT/

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