red-wat

American  

[red-wat, -wot] / ˈrɛdˌwæt, -ˌwɒt /

adjective

Scot.

1. stained with blood; bloody.

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Etymology

Origin of red-wat

red ¹ + wat, Scots variant of wet

Example Sentences

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red-wat

Oft have our fearless fathers strode By Wallace’ side, Still pressing onward, red-wat shod, Or glorious dy’d.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Oft have our fearless fathers strode By Wallace' side, Still pressing onward, red-wat shod, Or glorious died.

From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.