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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1529, 1583-1634
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Plait, ppl. a. Also: plaitt. [f. Plait v.1: cf. Plet ppl. a., Plat p.p., and e.m.E. and ME. playted (1387–8).] a. = Plet ppl. a. 2. b. ? Applied to a wheel similarly constructed. c. Braided, plaited. —a. 1529 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 7.
For xxii stanis … maid irne werk in plait wyndok to the southt lycht … in the greit wter chalmer 1529 Ib. 10.
Twa bund plait windoisb. 1585 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 193/1.
Thre myanes of found, … tua thairof montait uith plait quheill and buschit with irnec. 1583 Perth B. Ct. 17 Sept.
Ane Frenche selve blak hait lynit with veluot and ane plait silk string 1634 Black Bk. Taymouth xxii.
For thrie unce siluer plaitt laice [£5/13/4] the unce
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