boatie

This is probably due to provincial Custom, and may be compared with the fondness shown in some parts of Scotland for words such as "boatie," "lassie" or "lassock," etc.

The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

Come along, come along wi 'your boatie and your song

Isle of Skye 1973

Come along, come along wi 'your boatie and your song

Isle of Skye 1973

Come along, come along wi 'your boatie and your song

Isle of Skye 1973

Come along, come along wi 'your boatie and your song

Isle of Skye 1973

'Should the boatie cowp, who would save him gin I was na at hand?' she asked.

The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Gordon Sellar

And I played on my fiddle til the boatie cam 'back.

I'll Tell Ma 1948

Lord save us, she's off again, and the wee boatie in front of her.

The Northern Iron George A. Birmingham 1907

Eh, but she swims fine, and she's gotten hold of the wee boatie wi 'the laddie's dinner on it.

The Northern Iron George A. Birmingham 1907

"It maun be as it will!" said he, when I had told him, "Weel may yon boatie row, or my craig'll have to thole a raxing."

David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped. 1893