aboot-kast

Scots

Alternative forms

• aboot cast (Shetland)

Etymology

Derived from O.N. umkast, turning round, change; the prefix (as in the preceding word) has been translated aboot, while kast remained.

Pronunciation

• (Insular) IPA^(key): /əˈbutkast/

Noun

aboot-kast

1. (Orkney) Sudden veering round of the wind.
2. (Shetland) The time of the equinox.

References

• “aboot-kast, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.