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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pate, Pat(t, n. [e.m.E. and ME. pate (c 1305), pat (a 1604), the head, also (1687) the skin of a calf's head.] a. One's head. b. The skin of a (calf's) head. —a. a1689 Cleland 7.
When Popish partie invocats Both saints and angels, when their pats, While they want weights of air and earth May be repay'd with water's birth —b. 1673 Leith Customs 5.
2 matts caifes pates valued 25 d. [£1.5.0.] Ib. 27.
50 pound calfes patts [9 s.]
