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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gravat, n. Also: gravate, -att, grawat. [e.m.E. cravat (1672), crevatt (1658), F. cravate. The initial g has remained in later Sc.] A cravat. —1658 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 359.
A laced gravat, a laced mutch 1665 Lauder Journal 158.
2 livres for 2 gravates [in France] 1669 Thanes of Cawdor 312.
Heigh lace for band and gravat 1672 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III. 613.
He … neir choked him with his nyght gravat 1696 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 202 b.
15 course Scotts gravatis
