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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1583-1628
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Bed-claith, -clayth, n. Also: -claithe, -clath. Pl. also -clais. [e.m.E. and ME. (14th c.) bedclothes, ME. bedclothe (15th c.).] A sheet or blanket; pl. bedclothes. — a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1442.
The hound lap wp on the bed clathis 1583 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 100.
For helping and support of him to his bed clais 1595 Edinburgh Testaments XXVIII. 297 (ane dowbill bedclayth). 1597 Ib. XXXI. 93 b (his bed claythis, viz. ane couering … ). 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 192 (ane beast cuming aboue his bed claithis). 1628 Edinburgh Testaments LIV. 254 b.
Ane coller claithe, ... ane bred ribbenit bed claithe, all of lining
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