adv. Sc. and north. dial. Also some gate. [f. SOME a.1 2 + GATE sb.2]

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  1.  In some place; somewhere.

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1816.  Scott, Old Mort., v. Ye maun take shelter somegate for the night.

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a. 1835.  Hogg, Sound Morality, Tales (1866), 202/2. A great river … that rises somegate i’ the Heelands.

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1891.  Barrie, Little Minister, ix. We ken they’re some gait, but whaur?

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  2.  In some way or manner; somehow.

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1816.  Scott, Old Mort., iv. They pay ane some gate or other.

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1816.  [see SOLDER sb. 4 b].

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1876.  Robinson, Whitby Gloss., 179/2. Some-geeat,… in some way. Somehow.

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