d. 1554. Lindsay, Kitteis Confessioun, Wks. (1879), i. 138, line
140. Thocht Codrus kyte suld cleve and birst.
d. 1607. Montgomerie, Flyting, Wks. (1886–7), 85, line 754. Misly
kyt! And thou flyt, I’ll dryt in thy gob.
1722–30. Ramsay, Fables & Tales, in Wks. (1851), iii. 165. Whose
kytes can streek out like raw plaider.
Verb. (commercial).—1. To keep up one’s credit by means of
accommodation bills; to obtain money by bills. See subs. sense 2.