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Wafer, n. Pl. also waffris. [ME and e.m.E. wafre (Piers Plowman), waiffer (1442), wafer (c1500), AF wafre. Cf. Wafro(u)n n.] A wafer. Also attrib. — 1548–9 Reg. Great S. 68/2.]
[Terras de Wamfraflat, vulgo Wamfraislandis … servitium pisture vafrarum cum reginam — 1446 Exch. R. V 231.
Pro una cofra facienda fro waffris conservandis 1678 Fountainhall Decis. I 15.
The bread was like wafers, the drink … black moss-water —attrib. 1683 Inv. in Donibristle Mun. (Earl of Moray's MSS) 7 (9-10 May).
Ane pair of wafer irons
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