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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1587
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Lay, n.6 [? Var., as in the mod. dial., of Eng. lath(e (a 1633), the batten of a loom. Cf. e.m.Du. la, var. of lade, (wevers-) laede (Kilian), mod. Fris. wefers-la, Da. and Sw. (væver)la(d, Germ. Weberlade, in this sense.] — 1587 St. A. Test. II. 77 b.
The werklwmis of the boith [a weaver's] … , ane new lay coft fra Dauid Buthill nocht put in werk price tharof xxij s.
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