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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nakket, Naket(t, Nackit, n. [Also in the mod. dial. as nacket, nocket and in mod. north. Eng. dial. as knocket, ocket, in the 18th c. in the following sense but f. the 19th c. chiefly as ‘a packed lunch’ or ‘a snack’. Origin obscure: for a suggestion see SND, s.v. Nacket n.²] A type of small loaf; one made of fine white flour. Also comb. with -breid. 1596 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 359.
For naketis and mane breid to Robert Levinstoun 4 li. 15 s. 1610 Ib. VI. 62.
That the haill baxters mak thair twelf penny nakket of guid and sufficient mayne floure with thair mark thairon and to wey nyne unce and als that thair xij d. quheitt breid weye sevintein unce 1612 Ib. 94.
Mayne flour breid, naketts or mayneschots 1694 Foulis Acc. Bk. 171.
For seck and a nackit with M^r W^m and M^r John Dundas —comb. 1603 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 321.
Statute nakkets. It salbe lesum to all baxteris … to baik and mak nakket breid of fere floure