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Otis, Oit(t)is, Oatis, n. pl. Also: ottes, oatt(i)s, -(e)s. [e.m.E. and ME. otes, ootes, oat(e)s, replacing the native Atis.] Oats.(a) 1627 Rep. Parishes 2.
Twa bollis beir and four bollis otis
1657 Balfour Ann. III. 409.
Whyte wes sold at 16 and 17 lb. the boll, … ottes at 15 lb.
(b) c 1608 Fam. Rose 296.
My hors sex pennes, hay sex pennes, oittis tuo pennes
1619 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 106.
Oitis
(c) c1650 Spalding II. 409.
Ilk one had in his cap … ane rip of oatis quhilk wes his sing
1653 Edinb. Test. LXVI A. 80 b.
30 bollis oattis sawing
1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. ii. 24.
Festuca utriculis, … bearded wild oats or haver
1684-9 Glamis Bk. Record 85.
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