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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pitato. Sc. var. of e.m.E. potato a potato (1565). Cf. Patatie. —1672 Hist. Kinloss A. xvi.
To furnish the hous suficientlie with … pasneips, pitatos and cromalls
