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Kilt \Kilt\,
p. p. from {Kill}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Kilt \Kilt\, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan.
kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the
knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the
Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also {kelt}.]
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Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kilting}.]
To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] --Sir W.
Scott.
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