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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Buffat(e, Buffet stule, n. Also: buffett, -it, -ed. [e.m.E. buffet stoole, ME. buffet stole (c 1440), and simply bofet, of obscure origin.] ‘A stool with sides, in form of a square table with leaves, when these are folded down’ (J).(a) 1478 Acta Aud. 67/2.
ij buffate stulis & a bakit stule 1521 Stirling B. Rec. I. 8.
He had … j bed, j buffat stoul 1542 Acts & Decr. I. 140 b.
Ane buffat stule carvit werk 1567 Edinb. Test. I. 4.
Ane buffat stule 1675 Bk. Old Edinb. C. VI. 129.
Three buffat stooles(b) c 1570 Lennox Mun. 276.
Ane buffit stuill, and ane litill cheyr 1596 Fraser P. 229.
Four buffet stuillis with ane lytill buird … for bairnes 1605 Edinb. Test. XL. 104.
xij buffed stuillis estimat all to xij li. 1630 Bamff Chart. 222.
Twa aiken chairs with armes and ane buffett stooll 1653 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 301.
One buffet stoole, couer'd with reed cloath lac'd and fringed 1664 Inventory 4 in MS. Decr. XI.
Tuo buffet steills [sic] of wanscot
