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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bisket, -ett, n. [e.m.E. bisket, biskett(e, late ME. bysket, var. of Bisquet.] Biscuit.1606 St. A. Baxter Bks. 70.
Ony cuttit biskett or baikis 1650 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 193.
1200 bisket breid to be sent east to the sojouris 1689 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 311.
For … bisket, buttyr, chise … furnished to Major Generall Mackay his armie
