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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1609
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Trayt(e, Treyt, n. [ME (bred of) trait (a1325), trayt (15th c.), tret (1420), 17th c. Eng. (breade of) treate (1607), AF (pain de) trayte (OED), med. L. (Eng.) (panis de) trait (1266 in OED); Retrait n.] Bred of trayt(e, panem … de treyt, bread made with the lowest quality of flour, waste flour or flour with a high bran content. — c1420 Bute MS 167a.
The quachet of that ilk corne & of that ilk bultyng sal wey mare then the wastel be xxj d. owthyr new bakyn brede or aulde, the brede of the mastillion corne & alsamyn bred and bred of trayte [Acts I 333/2, alsamyn samyn bred and demayn; L. panem alsamyn, purum panem, et panem mixtum de treyt] salbe as it is said 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 150b.
Baksters … make not all kindes of bread, as law requyres; that is ane fage, symmell, wastell, pure cleane breade, mixed breade, and bread of trayt
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