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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1548
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(Lute,) Luyt, n.2 [MDu. loet(e (Du. loet), a tool used for scooping or scraping, MLG. lote, Fris. loete, lete: cf. mod. Eng. dial. (Cheshire and Staffordsh.) loot (1669), lute, a kind of scoop or ladle used to remove the scum from the brine-pan in a saltworks.] A kind of scoop or ladle used by a dyer. —1548 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 259.
[A litster's goods:] Item, colour staffis and luyttis, price viij s.; with certane wther varklummes sic as spowttis, spowcheouris and cruikis
