scatt

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skæt/
Rhymes: -æt

Noun

scatt (plural scatts)

Obsolete spelling of scat (“tax, tribute”)
- 1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Musician’s Tale. The Saga of King Olaf. XVI. Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 140:
  When he ravaged Norway, / Laying waste the kingdom, / Seizing scatt and treasure / For her royal needs.

References

scatt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

tacts

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