aboot-kast

== Scots == === Alternative forms === aboot cast (Shetland) === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse umkast, turning round, change; the prefix (as in the preceding word) has been translated aboot, while kast remained. === Pronunciation === (Insular Scots) IPA(key): /əˈbutkast/ === Noun === aboot-kast (Orkney) Sudden veering round of the wind. (Shetland) The time of the equinox. === References === “aboot-kast, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.