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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bakin, Baiken, ppl. a. Also: bakyn(e, baikin, -yn, beaken, -in. [ME. baken; p.p. of Bake v.] Baked.1442 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 9 (xxiiij unce of bakin brede). 1513 Doug. viii. iii. 198 (the bakyn breid). 1526–7 Acta Conc. MS. XXXVII. 24 (quhete breide and bakin mete). 1546 Stirling B. Rec. I. 45 (ane bakin hen). 1549 Compl. 46/26 (ane of the tabilis vas of baikyn stane). a1568 Scott ii. 108 (ane baikin loche). 1568 Mar & Kellie MSS. 19 (with bakyne meit to my Ladie). 1617 Montgomery Mem. 277 (ane boll flour in baikin breid). 1626 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 9 (wyld meat or baiken mait). c1650 Spalding I. 68/9 (ane bakin pye). 1670 Lamont Diary 218 (beaken bread). 1697 St. A. Baxter Bks. 68 (beakin meat).
