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giftie Sc.|ˈgɪftɪ| [dim. f. gift n.: see -y4.] Playfully used for gift n. 6 b.
1787Burns To a Louse viii, O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! 1791A. Wilson Laurel Disputed Wks. (1876) II. 22 [He] shows at twenty⁓twa as great a giftie For painting just, as Allan did at fifty. |