scatt

• IPA^(key): /skæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

scatt (plural scatts)

1. 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.

• “scatt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• tacts