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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1572-1614
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Bais, n. Also: baise, bayes, base; beyis. [e.m.E. bayse (1578), baies, bayes, F. baies fem. pl. of bai bay-coloured.] Baize. — 1572 Edinburgh Testaments 257 b.
xxij eln black bais 1587 Acts III. 507/2.
Fusteanis, bombesies, stemmingis, beyis 1614 Rep. Hist. MSS. I. 135. (Common in 17th c.)
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