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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fether-bed, Fethir-bed, n. [ME. fether bed, OE. feðerbed. Cf. Fedder bed.] A feather bed. 14.. Acts i. 44/2.
The ayre sal hafe … the best fetherbed, or noppis gif thar be na fethir bed 1456 Hay I. 301/32.
The … fethir beddis, and small schetis of our lordis and princis that thai ar usit till 1564–75 Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. 32 b.
Ane furnist father bed 1610 Hist. Kinloss A. p. xi.
Ane fether bed, bolster, towe pellowes 1645 Edinb. Test. LXI. 132 b.
Four fethir bedis, twa bowsters 1675 Bk. Old Edinb. C. VI. 129.
Ane fether bed, three calfe beds
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