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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Paste, Paist, n.¹ [ME. and e.m.E. past(e, paast, as a dough (Piers Plowman), as a glue (1530), etc. Cf. Paste,n.²] A paste made of flour mixed with water or milk; dough. b. Wad-paist, ? a paste-like sludge or sediment resulting from the preparation of woad. — ? a 1400 Assise Bread in Bute MS. fol. 170.
The paste of the pany wastel c1420 Wynt. i. 440.
Tyll ete fleyhs … Rostyt sodyn or in paste [: mast; W. paist] 1458 Perth Guildry MS. i.
A lafe to conten bakin and dry xxiiii vnce and xxvi paste and that to be of gud stufe 1521 Dundee B. Ct. I. fol. 41.
Will Wilson … is ordanit that & he or ony of his seruands in his werk hous cast wad paist in the burn or dam to pay xl s. to our lady werk