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Quotation dates: 1513, 1615-1694
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Broth(e, Broath(e, n. Also: broothe. [ME. brothe, broth, OE. broþ.] Broth. Also attrib. with plate. 1513 Doug. vii. vii. 129.
The veschell may na mar the broth contene 1615 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 412/2.
At supper … twa dische of grein brothe 1617 Lett. Eccles. Affairs II. 524.
We will not be content to be fed with broath 1650 Maxwell Mem. I. 354.
Charmes wer given somtymes in meall, … sometymes in broathe 1660 Lamont Diary 128.
The garners man … demanded of the kitchen boy a dishe of broothe — 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 363.
A deip broth plait of peuther 1694 Pr. Inchmahome 160.
Of hollow broth pleats
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