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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1509-1652
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Blechit, Bleichit, ppl. a. Also: blachet, blecheit, bleschit, -eit, bletschit, bleet-, blitched. [ME. bleched (Chaucer).] Bleached. 1509 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 66 b.
Per empcionem sexaginta quatuor vlnarum panni linej … et viginti quatuor vlnis … lie blechit 1533 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 82.
xxvij elnis blechit canves 1537 Ib. 299.
ix elnis bleichit Bartane canves 1540–1 Ib. VII. 434.
Sax score nyne elnis of blachet Bertane claytht 1558 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 34.
Ane dosand of blecheit lynnyng claytht 1568 Edinburgh Testaments I *. 196.
vj elnis … of blescheit harden 1583 St. A. Test. II. 21.
Certane lynning claith, sum blechit and sum vnblechit 1628 Master of Works Accounts XXI. 9.
ij ellis blitched harne c1650 Spalding I. 347.
Gray claith, hardin, bleichit and vnbleichit 1652 Caldwell P. 106.
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