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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jeit, Jeat(t, n.¹ Also : jet, jeate. [ME. and e.m.E. ieet (14th c.), iet, jeat (16th c.), OF. jaiet, etc. Cf. Geit n.¹] Jet; also, a bead made of jet.(a) 1562–3 Treas. Acc. XI. 246.
Ane quaif of blak jeit 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV. 192.
Sax bendis of jeit & silk wowin togidder 1605 Ib. XL. 314 b.
Four thousand jeit, … tuelf hundretht greit jeit(b) a1585 Polwart Flyt. 558 (T).
King Pluttois sprit, That byddis … in him als blak as jet [v.r. jeit](c) 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. 174 b.
Ane cheinȝe of blak musk with blak jeate 1612 Halyb. 325.
Quaiffis … of jeatt the dozen iiij li. 1625 Brechin Test. IV. 198.
Ane thousand jeatt xiij s. iiij d. 1664 Edinb. Test. LXXI. 258.
Twa carcats of jeatt with beades 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii. 44.
Gagates, nostratibus jeat

b. attrib. and comb.(a) 1568 Treas. Acc. MS. .
xxv gros of blak jeit buttonis the gros xij s. 1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. 134.
Ane jeit quaif price thairof x s. 1592 Treas. Acc. MS. 67 b.
Four jeit stringis(b) 1586 Edinb. Test. XV. 142.
Foure dissone of jett hornis(c) ?1549 Monro W. Isles 16.
Ane kind of fish … the umaist half … jeat blak