Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Scot. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
- Scot. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.
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- noun rare A
bottle ofwine in theport wine trade containing 2.25liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle. - noun Scotland A
hen with atuft offeathers on her head.
Etymologies
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Borrowed and modified from Scots tappit-hen.
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