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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dyet, Dyat, v. [ME. dyet, dyatt, var. of diete (14th c.), OF. dieter.] a. tr. To diet a person. b. intr. To take one's meals. c 1420 Liber Calchou 451.
Quhan a man is in this seknes … he suld be dyatyd mesurably 1664 Mun. Univ. Glasg. II. 483.
That als manie of the schoolars as can convenientlie ly and dyet also within the Universitie 1695 Ann. Banff I. 167.
They discharge … all keepers of taverns to sell meat or drink … except to straingers or those who dyet at ther houses