partan

[ pahr-tn ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a crab.

partan

/ ˈpartən; ˈpɑːtən /

noun

1. a Scot word for crab 1 crab 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of partan¹

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic: crab

Word History and Origins

Origin of partan¹

C15: of Celtic origin

Example Sentences

A surfeit of partan-pie, after the triumphant termination of a law-suit, threw the burghs into a state of anarchy.

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Questioned again and again by his Mistress Partan as to what was amiss with him, he had given her odd and evasive answers.

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Thereupon the Partan and Jamie Ladle jumped into a small boat and pulled out.

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With these views he hired himself to the Partan, whose boat's crew was short-handed.

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But the marquis found even the hen-pecked Partan a nobler and more elevating presence than any strutting platitude of Bond street.

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