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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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croft
noun
a Highland farm; a small farm
13-
.
etymology:
Old English
croft
enclosed field, which may correspond to Dutch
kroft
,
krocht
‘prominent rocky height, high and dry land, field on the downs’; attested by
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