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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Musche taffetie, taffattie, n. (Cf. F. mouche a spot as part of the design of a material, but perh. merely altered f. muschit taffetie, Muschit a. a.) —1578 Inv. Wardrobe 228.
Ane [doublet] of plane blak taffetie, ane of blak musche taffetie 1580 Edinb. Test. IX. 28.
Half ane eln half ane quarter of musche taffetie 1587 Ib. XVIII. 52 b.
Of musche taffattie xxiiij elnes … price of the elne iiij li. vj s. viij d.
