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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tairt, n. Also: tart(t, teart. [ME and e.m.E. tarte (?a1400), tart (15th c.), tairte (1580).] A tart. — c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1562.
Ane banket royall … With wyld foull, venisoun, and wyne, With tairt, and flam, and frutage fyne 1659 Acc. in Argyll MS Inventories 202.
12 loafis [£3 12 s.] … 2 dosen and a half of rollis 2 li. with a tartt 24 s. [£2 4 s.] 1664 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp in Misc. Maitl. C. II 505.
A dishe of teartis 1664 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp in Misc. Maitl. C. II 506.
For a tart £5 2 s. 1698 Marchmont 184.
[Bill of Fare]: A could tart hot againe