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(Swete-mete,) Sweit-meit, n. Also: swete-, sweitt-, sueit-, sweet-, suit- and -meitt, -mate, -meat(t. [e.m.E. sweete meate (?a1500), OE swétmettas, swótmettas delicacies; Swet(e adj. 1 and Mete n.¹ 1 e.] Sweet food(s, dainties, cakes, confectionery, and the like. See also Henr. (OUP) 372, n. 420.(1) a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 420.
Thy sweit meitis, seruit in plaittis clene, With saipheron sals of ane gude sessoun 1540–1 Treas. Acc. VII 430.
To Johnne Moffettis sone and his servand, quhilk brocht swete matis and Rens wyne to the kingis grace 1593 Edinb. Test. XXVI 125b.
Four dosone of buistis of sueit meites at iiij li. the dosone 1601–2 Montrose Treas. Acc. 3b.
That day the chancelair vas in Robert Lichtonis for sweit meits 1617 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 73.
For careing fra Leith to the Frenchmen that makis the sueit meittis of iiii^xx ten daillis and 30 single ruif spar 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII 185.
Fyftie pund wecht sweit meitis pryce of all xxxv lib. 1633 Edinb. Test. LVI 143.
Fourtie buistes of suit meattes 1641 Edinb. Test. LIX 269b.
Schottillis or cabinettis … for keiping of sweitmeitis and confectiones 1653 Peebles B. Rec. II 13.
The magistrattes … discharges all such mid-raw crames in time of faires hereafter (except for sweit meattes)comb. 1683 Inv. in Donibristle Mun. (Earl of Moray's MSS) 9-10 (5 May).
Item ane sweet-meat cupboard lyn'd with whyt yron. Item ane sweet-meat cupboard unlyned(2) 1582–3 Ayr B. Acc. 37.
Item to William Craufurd for sweitmeit to the townis bankett 1597 Household Bks. Jas. VI and Anne 1 Nov.
Mair in sweitt meitt 1610 Brechin Test. II 31.
Awand … for sueit meitt xij lib.