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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1580-1642
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Bed -scheit, n. [Bed n. 5.] A bed-sheet. 1580 Coll. Aberd. & B. 391.
Ane pair of beddescheittis and twa pair of heidscheittis 1596 Edinburgh Testaments XXIX. 321 b.
xj pair of bed scheitis 1642 Ib. LX. 144.
Ane bed scheitt, ane heid scheit, and ane towell
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