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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Baismain, n. ‘A large wooden dish used for carrying the meal from the girnel to the bakeboard, or for holding meal for immediate use.’ — 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 363.
In the girnellhouse [at Binns] . . A meill peck. A corne peck. Ane iron baismain
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