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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1521, 1575-1580
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Rayit, ppl. adj.2 and p.p. [ME (Chaucer) and e.m.E. raied, rayed, reyed (1598), OF raié; cf. Ray(e n. and adj.] Of cloth: Striped (with silk, etc.). — 1521 Stirling B. Rec. I 13.
Item, ane hogtoune of rayit clayth, xviij d. 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III 361.
Thrie quarteris of narrow cannes of gawis rayit with silk 1575 Ib.
xlvj elnis of cannes of silk rayit, … gray droggat silk rayit 1580 Treasurer's Accounts MS 35 (2).
Quhyit sating rayit with gold and siluer
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