Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variant of nout, neat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. Neat cattle.

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  • noun obsolete, UK, dialect neat cattle

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Examples

  • WOW McCaion admits the stimulus has had some good effects, WOW!! and his mough did nolt rot off!

    Obama's stimulus plan 'has had some effect,' says McCain 2009

  • He is nolt moderate in any meaningfull sense of the word.

    Obama Campaigning With Potential VPs Today In Virginia 2009

  • As for biologicals, there is nolt one single instance in all of history of their being used to any great effect.

    Matthew Yglesias » Breaking News: Guerilla Tactics Work 2007

  • In March 1615 snow fell to such a depth, and drifted so terribly, that not only did many men perish, but likewise "most part of all the horse, nolt, and sheep of the kingdom."

    Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

  • ` ` Was it not a shame, '' he said, ` ` that she should exhibit herself before any gentleman in such a light, as if she shed tears for a drove of horned nolt and milch kine, like the daughter of

    The Waverley 1877

  • With the sheep and nolt (_i.e. _ cattle) into the fauld;

    The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages 1850

  • 'Was it not a shame,' he said, 'that she should exhibit herself before any gentleman in such a light, as if she shed tears for a drove of horned nolt and milch kine, like the daughter of a Cheshire yeoman!

    Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • They spoiled the poetical knight of 5000 sheep, 200 nolt, 30 horses and mares; the whole furniture of his house of Blythe, worth 100 pounds Scots (L8. 6s. 8d.), and every thing else that was portable.

    Marmion Walter Scott 1801

  • 'Was it not a shame,' he said, 'that she should exhibit herself before any gentleman in such a light, as if she shed tears for a drove of horned nolt and milch kine, like the daughter of a Cheshire yeoman!

    Waverley Walter Scott 1801

  • 'Was it not a shame,' he said, 'that she should exhibit herself before any gentleman in such a light, as if she shed tears for a drove of horned nolt and milch kine, like the daughter of a Cheshire yeoman!

    Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

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