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Hand-claith, -clayth, n. [ME. hand-clothe, OE. hand-cláþ, ON. hand-klæðe.] A small towel, a hand-towel. — 1582 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 125.
Tua ellis lynnyng clayth to be tua hand claythis to the menistratioun of baptisme 1614–5 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 565.
Twelf ellis of rounder claith to be twa buirdclaithis, … foure towallis and twa handclaithis
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