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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1456
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(Luke-,) Leuke-hate, a. [ME. luke-hote (Trevisa), lewk(e)-hot(e) (15th c.), f. ME. luhe (Layamon), luk (c 1420), lheuc, lewh(e (14–15th c.), of uncertain derivation (see H. Whitehall in Phil. Quarterly XX. (1941) 37).] = Lukewarm a., Lewwarm a. — 1456 Hay II. 143/10.
To make wele a bathis … men sulde ordane four chaumeris, … of the quhilkis the first suld be callde, the secound warme, as leuke hate, the thrid hate, and the ferde dry
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