A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499
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(Retrait,) Retrayt, n. (OF (Hainault and Flanders) retrait refuse flour, also later F. blé retrait (1762). Cf. trait and ME bread of trete.) —14.. Acts I 312/2.
The lafe of the retrayt sal we twa wastalys